diff --git a/lib/logger.js b/lib/logger.js
index 543b899..9a6f4c1 100644
--- a/lib/logger.js
+++ b/lib/logger.js
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@
 
 var stream = require('stream');
 var util = require('util');
-var fs = require('fs');
-
-var byline = require('byline');
-var through = require('through');
-var duplexer = require('duplexer');
+var StringDecoder = require('string_decoder').StringDecoder;
 
 module.exports = Logger;
 
@@ -30,7 +26,7 @@ var formatters = {
 function Logger(options) {
   var defaults = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(Logger.DEFAULTS));
   options = util._extend(defaults, options || {});
-  var catcher = new byline.LineStream;
+  var catcher = deLiner();
   var emitter = catcher;
   var transforms = [
     objectifier(),
@@ -56,54 +52,97 @@ function Logger(options) {
 
   transforms.push(formatters[options.format](options));
 
-  // restore line endings that were removed by byline
+  // restore line endings that were removed by line splitting
   transforms.push(reLiner());
 
   for (var t in transforms) {
     emitter = emitter.pipe(transforms[t]);
   }
 
-  return duplexer(catcher, emitter);
+  return duplex(catcher, emitter);
+}
+
+function deLiner() {
+  var decoder = new StringDecoder('utf8');
+  var last = '';
+
+  return new stream.Transform({
+    transform: transform,
+    flush: flush,
+    readableObjectMode: true,
+  });
+
+  function transform (chunk, enc, cb) {
+    last += decoder.write(chunk)
+    var list = last.split(/\r\n|[\n\v\f\r\x85\u2028\u2029]/g);
+    last = list.pop()
+    for (var i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
+      // swallow empty lines
+      if (list[i]) {
+        this.push(list[i])
+      }
+    }
+    cb()
+  }
+
+  function flush (callback) {
+    // any incomplete UTF8 sequences will get dumped to the log as UTF8
+    // replacement characters
+    last += decoder.end();
+    if (last) {
+      this.push(last);
+    }
+    callback()
+  }
 }
 
 function reLiner() {
-  return through(appendNewline);
+  return new stream.Transform({
+    transform: appendNewline
+  });
 
-  function appendNewline(line) {
-    this.emit('data', line + '\n');
+  function appendNewline(line, _enc, callback) {
+    this.push(line);
+    callback(null, Buffer.from('\n'));
   }
 }
 
 function objectifier() {
-  return through(objectify, null, {autoDestroy: false});
+  return new stream.Transform({
+    readableObjectMode: true,
+    transform: objectify,
+  });
 
-  function objectify(line) {
-    this.emit('data', {
-      msg: line,
-      time: Date.now(),
-    });
+  function objectify(chunk, encoding, callback) {
+    callback(null, {msg: chunk, time: Date.now()});
   }
 }
 
 function staticTagger(tag) {
-  return through(tagger);
+  return new stream.Transform({
+    objectMode: true,
+    transform: tagger,
+  });
 
-  function tagger(logEvent) {
+  function tagger(logEvent, _enc, callback) {
     logEvent.tag = tag;
-    this.emit('data', logEvent);
+    callback(null, logEvent);
   }
 }
 
 function textFormatter(options) {
-  return through(textify);
+  return new stream.Transform({
+    writableObjectMode: true,
+    transform: textify,
+  });
 
-  function textify(logEvent) {
+  function textify(logEvent, _enc, callback) {
     var line = util.format('%s%s', textifyTags(logEvent.tag),
                            logEvent.msg.toString());
     if (options.timeStamp) {
       line = util.format('%s %s', new Date(logEvent.time).toISOString(), line);
     }
-    this.emit('data', line.replace(/\n/g, '\\n'));
+    callback(null, line.replace(/\n/g, '\\n'));
   }
 
   function textifyTags(tags) {
@@ -120,28 +159,34 @@ function textFormatter(options) {
 }
 
 function jsonFormatter(options) {
-  return through(jsonify);
+  return new stream.Transform({
+    writableObjectMode: true,
+    transform: jsonify,
+  });
 
-  function jsonify(logEvent) {
+  function jsonify(logEvent, _enc, callback) {
     if (options.timeStamp) {
       logEvent.time = new Date(logEvent.time).toISOString();
     } else {
       delete logEvent.time;
     }
     logEvent.msg = logEvent.msg.toString();
-    this.emit('data', JSON.stringify(logEvent));
+    callback(null, JSON.stringify(logEvent));
   }
 }
 
 function lineMerger(host) {
   var previousLine = null;
   var flushTimer = null;
-  var stream = through(lineMergerWrite, lineMergerEnd);
-  var flush = _flush.bind(stream);
+  var merged = new stream.Transform({
+    objectMode: true,
+    transform: lineMergerWrite,
+    flush: lineMergerEnd,
+  });
 
-  return stream;
+  return merged;
 
-  function lineMergerWrite(line) {
+  function lineMergerWrite(line, _enc, callback) {
     if (/^\s+/.test(line.msg)) {
       if (previousLine) {
         previousLine.msg += '\n' + line.msg;
@@ -149,23 +194,52 @@ function lineMerger(host) {
         previousLine = line;
       }
     } else {
-      flush();
+      mergePrevious.call(this);
       previousLine = line;
     }
     // rolling timeout
     clearTimeout(flushTimer);
-    flushTimer = setTimeout(flush.bind(this), 10);
+    flushTimer = setTimeout(mergePrevious.bind(this), 10);
+    callback();
   }
 
-  function _flush() {
+  function mergePrevious() {
     if (previousLine) {
-      this.emit('data', previousLine);
+      this.push(previousLine)
       previousLine = null;
     }
   }
 
-  function lineMergerEnd() {
-    flush.call(this);
-    this.emit('end');
+  function lineMergerEnd(callback) {
+    mergePrevious.call(this);
+    callback();
+  }
+}
+
+function duplex(writable, readable) {
+  var dup = new stream.Duplex({
+    write: writable.write.bind(writable),
+    read: readFromReadable,
+  });
+  dup.on('finish', onFinish);
+  readable.on('end', onEnd);
+
+  return dup;
+
+  function readFromReadable(size) {
+    var dup = this;
+    readable.once('readable', function() {
+      var buf;
+      while ((buf = readable.read()) !== null) {
+        dup.push(buf);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  function onFinish() {
+    writable.end();
+  }
+  function onEnd() {
+    dup.push(null);
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9ef7d4e..77edec3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,13 +27,10 @@
     "test": "tap --100 test/test-*"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "byline": "^5.0.0",
-    "duplexer": "^0.1.1",
-    "minimist": "^1.2.0",
-    "through": "^2.3.4"
+    "minimist": "^1.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "tap": "^12.0.1"
+    "tap": "^12.1.1"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=4"