diff --git a/decoder.go b/decoder.go
index a66f1ff..e212422 100644
--- a/decoder.go
+++ b/decoder.go
@@ -192,15 +192,8 @@ func (d *decoder) setFieldByType(current reflect.Value, namespace []byte, idx in
 					d.setError(namespace, err)
 					return
 				}
-				if kind == reflect.Ptr {
-					newVal := reflect.New(v.Type().Elem())
-					if set = d.setFieldByType(newVal.Elem(), namespace, idx); set {
-						v.Set(newVal)
-					}
-				} else {
-					v.Set(reflect.ValueOf(val))
-				}
 
+				v.Set(reflect.ValueOf(val))
 				set = true
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/decoder_test.go b/decoder_test.go
index 020e51d..99897ed 100644
--- a/decoder_test.go
+++ b/decoder_test.go
@@ -830,57 +830,21 @@ func TestDecoderStruct(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestDecoderNativeTime(t *testing.T) {
 
-	type TType time.Time
-	type TTypePtr *time.Time
-	type TTypePtrWithCustomDecoder *time.Time
-
 	type TestError struct {
-		Time                                time.Time
-		TimeNoValue                         time.Time
-		TimePtr                             *time.Time
-		TimeType                            TType
-		TimeTypeNoValue                     TType
-		TimeTypePtr                         TTypePtr
-		TimeTypePtrNoValue                  TTypePtr
-		TimeTypePtrWithCustomDecoder        TTypePtrWithCustomDecoder
-		TimeTypePtrWithCustomDecoderNoValue TTypePtrWithCustomDecoder
+		Time        time.Time
+		TimeNoValue time.Time
+		TimePtr     *time.Time
 	}
 
 	values := url.Values{
-		"Time":                                []string{"2006-01-02T15:04:05Z"},
-		"TimeNoValue":                         []string{""},
-		"TimePtr":                             []string{"2006-01-02T15:04:05Z"},
-		"TimeType":                            []string{"2006-01-02T15:04:05Z"},
-		"TimeTypeNoValue":                     []string{""},
-		"TimeTypePtr":                         []string{"2006-01-02T15:04:05Z"},
-		"TimeTypePtrNoValue":                  []string{""},
-		"TimeTypePtrWithCustomDecoder":        []string{"2006-01-02T15:04:05Z"},
-		"TimeTypePtrWithCustomDecoderNoValue": []string{""},
+		"Time":        []string{"2006-01-02T15:04:05Z"},
+		"TimeNoValue": []string{""},
+		"TimePtr":     []string{"2006-01-02T15:04:05Z"},
 	}
 
 	var test TestError
 
 	decoder := NewDecoder()
-	decoder.RegisterCustomTypeFunc(func(s []string) (interface{}, error) {
-		if s[0] == "" {
-			return TType{}, nil
-		}
-		parsed, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, s[0])
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		return TType(parsed), nil
-	}, TType{})
-	decoder.RegisterCustomTypeFunc(func(s []string) (interface{}, error) {
-		if s[0] == "" {
-			return nil, nil
-		}
-		parsed, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, s[0])
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		return TTypePtrWithCustomDecoder(&parsed), nil
-	}, TTypePtrWithCustomDecoder(nil))
 
 	errs := decoder.Decode(&test, values)
 	Equal(t, errs, nil)
@@ -888,13 +852,6 @@ func TestDecoderNativeTime(t *testing.T) {
 	tm, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z")
 	Equal(t, test.Time.Equal(tm), true)
 	Equal(t, test.TimeNoValue.Equal(tm), false)
-	Equal(t, tm.Equal(time.Time(test.TimeType)), true)
-	Equal(t, time.Time(test.TimeTypeNoValue).Equal(tm), false)
-	Equal(t, time.Time(test.TimeTypeNoValue).IsZero(), true)
-	Equal(t, (*time.Time)(test.TimeTypePtr).Equal(tm), true)
-	Equal(t, test.TimeTypePtrNoValue, nil)
-	Equal(t, (*time.Time)(test.TimeTypePtrWithCustomDecoder).Equal(tm), true)
-	Equal(t, test.TimeTypePtrWithCustomDecoderNoValue, nil)
 
 	NotEqual(t, test.TimePtr, nil)
 	Equal(t, (*test.TimePtr).Equal(tm), true)