diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 97b22a3..7f6bb52 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@
     "bigi": "^1.4.0",
     "bip66": "^1.1.0",
     "bs58check": "^1.0.5",
-    "buffer-compare": "^1.1.0",
-    "buffer-equals": "^1.0.3",
     "buffer-reverse": "^1.0.0",
     "create-hash": "^1.1.0",
     "create-hmac": "^1.1.3",
diff --git a/src/block.js b/src/block.js
index 9356c89..d65609b 100644
--- a/src/block.js
+++ b/src/block.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 var createHash = require('create-hash')
 var bufferutils = require('./bufferutils')
 var bcrypto = require('./crypto')
-var bufferCompare = require('buffer-compare')
 var bufferReverse = require('buffer-reverse')
 
 var Transaction = require('./transaction')
@@ -160,14 +159,14 @@ Block.prototype.checkMerkleRoot = function () {
   if (!this.transactions) return false
 
   var actualMerkleRoot = Block.calculateMerkleRoot(this.transactions)
-  return bufferCompare(this.merkleRoot, actualMerkleRoot) === 0
+  return this.merkleRoot.compare(actualMerkleRoot) === 0
 }
 
 Block.prototype.checkProofOfWork = function () {
   var hash = bufferReverse(this.getHash())
   var target = Block.calculateTarget(this.bits)
 
-  return bufferCompare(hash, target) <= 0
+  return hash.compare(target) <= 0
 }
 
 module.exports = Block
diff --git a/src/bufferutils.js b/src/bufferutils.js
index d4f3153..458a1e7 100644
--- a/src/bufferutils.js
+++ b/src/bufferutils.js
@@ -168,15 +168,17 @@ function varIntBuffer (i) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
-  equal: require('buffer-equals'),
   pushDataSize: pushDataSize,
   readPushDataInt: readPushDataInt,
   readUInt64LE: readUInt64LE,
   readVarInt: readVarInt,
-  reverse: require('buffer-reverse'),
   varIntBuffer: varIntBuffer,
   varIntSize: varIntSize,
   writePushDataInt: writePushDataInt,
   writeUInt64LE: writeUInt64LE,
-  writeVarInt: writeVarInt
+  writeVarInt: writeVarInt,
+
+  // TODO: remove in 3.0.0
+  equal: function BufferEquals (a, b) { return a.equals(b) },
+  reverse: require('buffer-reverse')
 }
diff --git a/src/transaction_builder.js b/src/transaction_builder.js
index efdaae0..5c4f58d 100644
--- a/src/transaction_builder.js
+++ b/src/transaction_builder.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 var baddress = require('./address')
 var bcrypto = require('./crypto')
 var bscript = require('./script')
-var bufferEquals = require('buffer-equals')
 var bufferReverse = require('buffer-reverse')
 var networks = require('./networks')
 var ops = require('./opcodes.json')
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ function expandOutput (script, ourPubKey) {
 
       var pkh1 = scriptChunks[2]
       var pkh2 = bcrypto.hash160(ourPubKey)
-      if (bufferEquals(pkh1, pkh2)) pubKeys = [ourPubKey]
+      if (pkh1.equals(pkh2)) pubKeys = [ourPubKey]
       break
 
     case 'pubkey':
@@ -189,7 +188,7 @@ function prepareInput (input, kpPubKey, redeemScript, hashType) {
       if (input.prevOutType !== 'scripthash') throw new Error('PrevOutScript must be P2SH')
 
       var prevOutScriptScriptHash = bscript.decompile(input.prevOutScript)[1]
-      if (!bufferEquals(prevOutScriptScriptHash, redeemScriptHash)) throw new Error('Inconsistent hash160(RedeemScript)')
+      if (!prevOutScriptScriptHash.equals(redeemScriptHash)) throw new Error('Inconsistent hash160(RedeemScript)')
 
     // or, we don't have a prevOutScript, so generate a P2SH script
     } else {
@@ -454,7 +453,7 @@ TransactionBuilder.prototype.sign = function (vin, keyPair, redeemScript, hashTy
   if (canSign) {
     // if redeemScript was provided, enforce consistency
     if (redeemScript) {
-      if (!bufferEquals(input.redeemScript, redeemScript)) throw new Error('Inconsistent redeemScript')
+      if (!input.redeemScript.equals(redeemScript)) throw new Error('Inconsistent redeemScript')
     }
 
     if (input.hashType !== hashType) throw new Error('Inconsistent hashType')
@@ -468,7 +467,7 @@ TransactionBuilder.prototype.sign = function (vin, keyPair, redeemScript, hashTy
 
   // enforce in order signing of public keys
   var valid = input.pubKeys.some(function (pubKey, i) {
-    if (!bufferEquals(kpPubKey, pubKey)) return false
+    if (!kpPubKey.equals(pubKey)) return false
     if (input.signatures[i]) throw new Error('Signature already exists')
 
     input.signatures[i] = keyPair.sign(signatureHash)
diff --git a/test/bufferutils.js b/test/bufferutils.js
index 3a780a7..484bf4f 100644
--- a/test/bufferutils.js
+++ b/test/bufferutils.js
@@ -6,6 +6,25 @@ var bufferutils = require('../src/bufferutils')
 var fixtures = require('./fixtures/bufferutils.json')
 
 describe('bufferutils', function () {
+  // TODO: remove
+  describe('equals', function () {
+    it('works', function () {
+      var a = new Buffer('abcd', 'hex')
+      var b = new Buffer('bbbb', 'hex')
+
+      assert.strictEqual(bufferutils.equal(a, a), true)
+      assert.strictEqual(bufferutils.equal(a, b), false)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('reverse', function () {
+    it('works', function () {
+      var a = new Buffer('abcd', 'hex')
+
+      assert.strictEqual(bufferutils.reverse(a).toString('hex'), 'cdab')
+    })
+  })
+
   describe('pushDataSize', function () {
     fixtures.valid.forEach(function (f) {
       it('determines the pushDataSize of ' + f.dec + ' correctly', function () {