diff --git a/lib/bcoin/bst.js b/lib/bcoin/bst.js
index 134331e2..f37af597 100644
--- a/lib/bcoin/bst.js
+++ b/lib/bcoin/bst.js
@@ -25,23 +25,17 @@ function BST(location, options) {
   this.compare = options.compare || utils.cmp;
 }
 
-BST.prototype.search = function search(key, options) {
+BST.prototype.search = function search(key) {
   var current = this.root;
   var cmp;
 
   if (typeof key === 'string')
     key = new Buffer(key, 'ascii');
 
-  if (!options)
-    options = {};
-
   while (current) {
     cmp = this.compare(key, current.key);
-    if (cmp === 0) {
-      return options.asBuffer === false
-        ? current.value.toString('utf8')
-        : current.value;
-    }
+    if (cmp === 0)
+      return current.value;
     if (cmp < 0)
       current = current.left;
     else
@@ -49,7 +43,7 @@ BST.prototype.search = function search(key, options) {
   }
 };
 
-BST.prototype.insert = function insert(key, value, options) {
+BST.prototype.insert = function insert(key, value) {
   var current = this.root;
   var left = false;
   var parent, cmp;
@@ -60,9 +54,6 @@ BST.prototype.insert = function insert(key, value, options) {
   if (typeof value === 'string')
     value = new Buffer(value, 'utf8');
 
-  if (!options)
-    options = {};
-
   while (current) {
     cmp = this.compare(key, current.key);
 
@@ -93,7 +84,7 @@ BST.prototype.insert = function insert(key, value, options) {
     parent.right = { key: key, value: value };
 };
 
-BST.prototype.remove = function remove(key, options) {
+BST.prototype.remove = function remove(key) {
   var current = this.root;
   var left = false;
   var parent, use;
@@ -101,9 +92,6 @@ BST.prototype.remove = function remove(key, options) {
   if (typeof key === 'string')
     key = new Buffer(key, 'ascii');
 
-  if (!options)
-    options = {};
-
   while (current) {
     cmp = this.compare(key, current.key);
 
@@ -215,24 +203,17 @@ BST.prototype.snapshot = function snapshot() {
   return snapshot;
 };
 
-BST.prototype.traverse = function traverse(options, test) {
+BST.prototype.traverse = function traverse(test) {
   var current = this.root;
   var stack = [];
   var items = [];
 
-  if (!options)
-    options = {};
-
   for (;;) {
     if (current) {
       if (test(current)) {
         items.push({
-          key: options.keyAsBuffer === false
-            ? current.key.toString('ascii')
-            : current.key,
-          value: options.valueAsBuffer === false
-            ? current.value.toString('utf8')
-            : current.value
+          key: current.key,
+          value: current.value
         });
       }
       stack.push(current);
@@ -250,11 +231,11 @@ BST.prototype.traverse = function traverse(options, test) {
   return items;
 };
 
-BST.prototype.dump = function dump(options) {
-  return this.traverse(options, function() { return true; });
+BST.prototype.dump = function dump() {
+  return this.traverse(function() { return true; });
 };
 
-BST.prototype.range = function range(gte, lte, options) {
+BST.prototype.range = function range(gte, lte) {
   var current = this.root;
   var stack = [];
   var items = [];
@@ -266,20 +247,13 @@ BST.prototype.range = function range(gte, lte, options) {
   if (typeof lte === 'string')
     lte = new Buffer(lte, 'ascii');
 
-  if (!options)
-    options = {};
-
   for (;;) {
     if (current) {
       cmp = this.rangeCompare(current.key, gte, lte);
       if (cmp === 0) {
         items.push({
-          key: options.keyAsBuffer === false
-            ? current.key.toString('ascii')
-            : current.key,
-          value: options.valueAsBuffer === false
-            ? current.value.toString('utf8')
-            : current.value
+          key: current.key,
+          value: current.value
         });
         stack.push(current);
       }
@@ -348,7 +322,7 @@ BST.prototype.close = function close(callback) {
 };
 
 BST.prototype.get = function get(key, options, callback) {
-  var item, err;
+  var value, err;
 
   if (!callback) {
     callback = options;
@@ -358,16 +332,19 @@ BST.prototype.get = function get(key, options, callback) {
   if (!options)
     options = {};
 
-  item = this.search(key, options);
+  value = this.search(key);
 
-  if (!item) {
+  if (!value) {
     err = new Error('BST_NOTFOUND: Key not found.');
     err.notFound = true;
     err.type = 'NotFoundError';
     return utils.asyncify(callback)(err);
   }
 
-  return utils.asyncify(callback)(null, item);
+  if (options.asBuffer === false)
+    value = value.toString('utf8');
+
+  return utils.asyncify(callback)(null, value);
 };
 
 BST.prototype.put = function put(key, value, options, callback) {
@@ -381,7 +358,7 @@ BST.prototype.put = function put(key, value, options, callback) {
   if (!options)
     options = {};
 
-  this.insert(key, value, options);
+  this.insert(key, value);
 
   return utils.nextTick(callback);
 };
@@ -397,7 +374,7 @@ BST.prototype.del = function del(key, options, callback) {
   if (!options)
     options = {};
 
-  this.remove(key, options);
+  this.remove(key);
 
   return utils.nextTick(callback);
 };
@@ -671,7 +648,7 @@ function bench(tree, name) {
   }
   console.log('%s remove: %d', name, Date.now() - rstart);
   var itstart = Date.now();
-  tree.range('foo 700', 'foo 80000', { keyAsBuffer: false, valueAsBuffer: false });
+  tree.range('foo 700', 'foo 80000');
   console.log('%s iter: %d', name, Date.now() - itstart);
   console.log('%s total: %d', name, Date.now() - start);
 }
@@ -694,7 +671,7 @@ for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
     assert(tree.search('foo ' + i).toString('utf8') === 'bar ' + i);
 }
 
-var items = tree.range('foo 700', 'foo 800', { keyAsBuffer: false, valueAsBuffer: false });
+var items = tree.range('foo 700', 'foo 800');
 
 //utils.print(items);