diff --git a/lib/transport/messages.js b/lib/transport/messages.js
index dbb3f12..8a55a8d 100644
--- a/lib/transport/messages.js
+++ b/lib/transport/messages.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var Buffers = require('buffers');
-var buffertools = require('buffertools');
 var Put = require('bufferput');
 var util = require('util');
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ var parseMessage = function(network, dataBuffer) {
   var checksum = dataBuffer.slice(20, 24);
 
   var checksumConfirm = Hash.sha256sha256(payload).slice(0, 4);
-  if (buffertools.compare(checksumConfirm, checksum) !== 0) {
+  if (!BufferUtil.equals(checksumConfirm, checksum)) {
     dataBuffer.skip(messageLength);
     return;
   }
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ function discardUntilNextMessage(network, dataBuffer) {
   for (;;) {
     // check if it's the beginning of a new message
     var packageNumber = dataBuffer.slice(0, 4);
-    if (buffertools.compare(packageNumber, magicNumber) == 0) {
+    if (BufferUtil.equals(packageNumber, magicNumber)) {
       dataBuffer.skip(i);
       return true;
     }