diff --git a/index.node.js b/index.node.js
index 9c82755..ad9a93a 100644
--- a/index.node.js
+++ b/index.node.js
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
 'use strict';
-
-var TextDecoder = require("text-encoding").TextDecoder;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 211697e..805108a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@
     "commander": "2",
     "path-source": "0.1",
     "slice-source": "0.4",
-    "stream-source": "0.3",
-    "text-encoding": "^0.6.4"
+    "stream-source": "0.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "package-preamble": "0.1",