diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b2989e3..9b18bfd 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ var net = require('net')
   , toUcs2 = new Iconv('UTF-8', 'utf16be')
   , fromUcs2 = new Iconv('utf16be', 'UTF-8')
 
-require('buffer-more-ints');
-
 exports.createClient = createClient;
 
 function createClient(options) {
@@ -532,9 +530,8 @@ function readDouble(buffer, offset) {
 
 function readLong(buffer, offset) {
   if (offset + 8 > buffer.length) return null;
-  var value = buffer.readInt64BE(offset);
   return {
-    value: value,
+    value: [buffer.readInt32BE(offset), buffer.readInt32BE(offset + 4)],
     size: 8,
   };
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c73b4b7..0d8c5ab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "ursa": "~0.8.0",
-    "buffer-more-ints": "~0.0.1",
     "superagent": "~0.10.0",
     "iconv": "~1.2.4",
     "batch": "~0.2.1"