diff --git a/lib/bcoin/protocol/parser.js b/lib/bcoin/protocol/parser.js
index 029d4704..7cf7035a 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/protocol/parser.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/protocol/parser.js
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ Parser.prototype.feed = function feed(data) {
       len = utils.copy(this.pending[0], chunk, off);
       if (len === this.pending[0].length)
         this.pending.shift();
-      else if (!this.pending[0].slice && this.pending[0] instanceof Uint8Array)
-        this.pending[0] = new Uint8Array(this.pending[0].buffer.slice(len));
       else
         this.pending[0] = this.pending[0].slice(len);
       off += len;
@@ -83,8 +81,7 @@ Parser.prototype.parse = function parse(chunk) {
   if (readU32(utils.checksum(this.packet.payload)) !== this.packet.checksum)
     return this._error('Invalid checksum');
 
-  this.packet.payload = this.parsePayload(this.packet.cmd,
-                                          this.packet.payload);
+  this.packet.payload = this.parsePayload(this.packet.cmd, this.packet.payload);
   if (this.packet.payload)
     this.emit('packet', this.packet);