diff --git a/lib/utils/encoding.js b/lib/utils/encoding.js
index e1f129a9..3c0a1bc0 100644
--- a/lib/utils/encoding.js
+++ b/lib/utils/encoding.js
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ encoding.MAX_SAFE_ADDITION = 0xfffffffffffff;
 encoding._readU64 = function _readU64(data, off, force53, be) {
   var hi, lo;
 
-  off = off >>> 0;
-
   if (be) {
     hi = data.readUInt32BE(off, true);
     lo = data.readUInt32BE(off + 4, true);
@@ -136,8 +134,6 @@ encoding.readU53BE = function readU53BE(data, off) {
 encoding._read64 = function _read64(data, off, force53, be) {
   var hi, lo;
 
-  off = off >>> 0;
-
   if (be) {
     hi = data.readUInt32BE(off, true);
     lo = data.readUInt32BE(off + 4, true);
@@ -226,13 +222,8 @@ encoding.read53BE = function read53BE(data, off) {
  */
 
 encoding._write64 = function _write64(dst, num, off, be) {
-  var negative, hi, lo;
-
-  assert(typeof num === 'number');
-
-  off = off >>> 0;
-
-  negative = num < 0;
+  var negative = num < 0;
+  var hi, lo;
 
   if (negative) {
     num = -num;
@@ -334,9 +325,7 @@ encoding.write64BE = function write64BE(dst, num, off) {
  */
 
 encoding.readU64BN = function readU64BN(data, off) {
-  var num;
-  off = off >>> 0;
-  num = data.slice(off, off + 8);
+  var num = data.slice(off, off + 8);
   return new BN(num, 'le');
 };
 
@@ -348,9 +337,7 @@ encoding.readU64BN = function readU64BN(data, off) {
  */
 
 encoding.readU64BEBN = function readU64BEBN(data, off) {
-  var num;
-  off = off >>> 0;
-  num = data.slice(off, off + 8);
+  var num = data.slice(off, off + 8);
   return new BN(num, 'be');
 };
 
@@ -362,11 +349,7 @@ encoding.readU64BEBN = function readU64BEBN(data, off) {
  */
 
 encoding.read64BN = function read64BN(data, off) {
-  var num;
-
-  off = off >>> 0;
-
-  num = data.slice(off, off + 8);
+  var num = data.slice(off, off + 8);
 
   if (num[num.length - 1] & 0x80)
     return new BN(num, 'le').notn(64).addn(1).neg();
@@ -381,11 +364,7 @@ encoding.read64BN = function read64BN(data, off) {
  */
 
 encoding.read64BEBN = function read64BEBN(data, off) {
-  var num;
-
-  off = off >>> 0;
-
-  num = data.slice(off, off + 8);
+  var num = data.slice(off, off + 8);
 
   if (num[0] & 0x80)
     return new BN(num, 'be').notn(64).addn(1).neg();
@@ -409,8 +388,6 @@ encoding._write64BN = function _write64BN(dst, num, off, be) {
   if (num.bitLength() <= 53)
     return encoding._write64(dst, num.toNumber(), off, be);
 
-  off = off >>> 0;
-
   if (num.bitLength() > 64)
     num = num.uand(encoding.U64_MAX);
 
@@ -483,8 +460,6 @@ encoding.write64BEBN = function write64BEBN(dst, num, off) {
 encoding.readVarint = function readVarint(data, off) {
   var value, size;
 
-  off = off >>> 0;
-
   assert(off < data.length);
 
   switch (data[off]) {
@@ -524,10 +499,6 @@ encoding.readVarint = function readVarint(data, off) {
  */
 
 encoding.writeVarint = function writeVarint(dst, num, off) {
-  off = off >>> 0;
-
-  num = +num;
-
   if (num < 0xfd) {
     dst[off++] = num & 0xff;
     return off;
@@ -562,8 +533,6 @@ encoding.writeVarint = function writeVarint(dst, num, off) {
  */
 
 encoding.skipVarint = function skipVarint(data, off) {
-  off = off >>> 0;
-
   assert(off < data.length);
 
   switch (data[off]) {
@@ -607,8 +576,6 @@ encoding.sizeVarint = function sizeVarint(num) {
 encoding.readVarintBN = function readVarintBN(data, off) {
   var value, size;
 
-  off = off >>> 0;
-
   assert(off < data.length);
 
   switch (data[off]) {
@@ -632,8 +599,6 @@ encoding.readVarintBN = function readVarintBN(data, off) {
  */
 
 encoding.writeVarintBN = function writeVarintBN(dst, num, off) {
-  off = off >>> 0;
-
   if (num.bitLength() > 32) {
     dst[off] = 0xff;
     encoding.writeU64(dst, num, off + 1);
@@ -668,8 +633,6 @@ encoding.readVarint2 = function readVarint2(data, off) {
   var size = 0;
   var ch;
 
-  off = off >>> 0;
-
   for (;;) {
     assert(off < data.length);
 
@@ -701,9 +664,6 @@ encoding.writeVarint2 = function writeVarint2(dst, num, off) {
   var tmp = [];
   var len = 0;
 
-  off = off >>> 0;
-  num = +num;
-
   for (;;) {
     tmp[len] = (num & 0x7f) | (len ? 0x80 : 0x00);
     if (num <= 0x7f)
@@ -732,8 +692,6 @@ encoding.skipVarint2 = function skipVarint2(data, off) {
   var size = 0;
   var ch;
 
-  off = off >>> 0;
-
   for (;;) {
     assert(off < data.length);
     ch = data[off++];
@@ -754,8 +712,6 @@ encoding.skipVarint2 = function skipVarint2(data, off) {
 encoding.sizeVarint2 = function sizeVarint2(num) {
   var size = 0;
 
-  num = +num;
-
   for (;;) {
     size++;
     if (num <= 0x7f)
@@ -778,8 +734,6 @@ encoding.readVarint2BN = function readVarint2BN(data, off) {
   var size = 0;
   var ch;
 
-  off = off >>> 0;
-
   while (num < 0x3fffffffffff) {
     assert(off < data.length);