diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 16af6d1..ca746c0 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 'use strict'
 
-var bindexOf = require('buffer-indexof')
-
 var equalSign = new Buffer('=')
 
 module.exports = function (opts) {
@@ -52,7 +50,7 @@ module.exports = function (opts) {
 
     while (offset < len) {
       var b = decodeBlock(buf, offset)
-      var i = bindexOf(b, equalSign)
+      var i = b.indexOf(equalSign)
       offset += decodeBlock.bytes
 
       if (b.length === 0) continue // ignore: most likely a single zero byte
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 338a7b4..4a235af 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   "description": "Encode/decode DNS-SD TXT record RDATA fields",
   "main": "index.js",
   "dependencies": {
-    "buffer-indexof": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "tape": "^4.2.2",