diff --git a/binary/binary.go b/binary/binary.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c8f488..0000000
--- a/binary/binary.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-package binary
-
-import (
-	"encoding/binary"
-	"fmt"
-	"unsafe"
-
-	"github.com/nbd-wtf/go-nostr"
-)
-
-// Deprecated -- the encoding used here is not very elegant, we'll have a better binary format later.
-func UnmarshalBinary(data []byte, evt *Event) (err error) {
-	defer func() {
-		if r := recover(); r != nil {
-			err = fmt.Errorf("failed to decode leaner: %v", r)
-		}
-	}()
-
-	copy(evt.ID[:], data[0:32])
-	copy(evt.PubKey[:], data[32:64])
-	copy(evt.Sig[:], data[64:128])
-	evt.CreatedAt = nostr.Timestamp(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(data[128:132]))
-	evt.Kind = binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[132:134])
-	contentLength := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[134:136]))
-	evt.Content = unsafe.String(&data[136], contentLength)
-
-	curr := 136 + contentLength
-
-	nTags := binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[curr : curr+2])
-	curr++
-	evt.Tags = make(nostr.Tags, nTags)
-
-	for t := range evt.Tags {
-		curr = curr + 1
-		nItems := int(data[curr])
-		tag := make(nostr.Tag, nItems)
-		for i := range tag {
-			curr = curr + 1
-			itemSize := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(data[curr : curr+2]))
-			itemStart := curr + 2
-			item := unsafe.String(&data[itemStart], itemSize)
-			tag[i] = item
-			curr = itemStart + itemSize
-		}
-		evt.Tags[t] = tag
-	}
-
-	return err
-}
-
-// Deprecated -- the encoding used here is not very elegant, we'll have a better binary format later.
-func MarshalBinary(evt *Event) []byte {
-	content := []byte(evt.Content)
-	buf := make([]byte, 32+32+64+4+2+2+len(content)+65536 /* blergh */)
-	copy(buf[0:32], evt.ID[:])
-	copy(buf[32:64], evt.PubKey[:])
-	copy(buf[64:128], evt.Sig[:])
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(buf[128:132], uint32(evt.CreatedAt))
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(buf[132:134], evt.Kind)
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(buf[134:136], uint16(len(content)))
-	copy(buf[136:], content)
-
-	curr := 136 + len(content)
-
-	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(buf[curr:curr+2], uint16(len(evt.Tags)))
-	curr++
-
-	for _, tag := range evt.Tags {
-		curr++
-		buf[curr] = uint8(len(tag))
-		for _, item := range tag {
-			curr++
-			itemb := []byte(item)
-			itemSize := len(itemb)
-			binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(buf[curr:curr+2], uint16(itemSize))
-			itemEnd := curr + 2 + itemSize
-			copy(buf[curr+2:itemEnd], itemb)
-			curr = itemEnd
-		}
-	}
-	buf = buf[0 : curr+1]
-	return buf
-}
diff --git a/binary/binary_bench_test.go b/binary/binary_bench_test.go
index fb61947..d414ea1 100644
--- a/binary/binary_bench_test.go
+++ b/binary/binary_bench_test.go
@@ -46,14 +46,6 @@ func BenchmarkBinaryEncoding(b *testing.B) {
 			}
 		}
 	})
-
-	b.Run("binary.MarshalBinary", func(b *testing.B) {
-		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-			for _, bevt := range binaryEvents {
-				MarshalBinary(bevt)
-			}
-		}
-	})
 }
 
 func BenchmarkBinaryDecoding(b *testing.B) {
@@ -105,18 +97,6 @@ func BenchmarkBinaryDecoding(b *testing.B) {
 		}
 	})
 
-	b.Run("binary.UnmarshalBinary", func(b *testing.B) {
-		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-			for _, bevt := range events {
-				evt := &Event{}
-				err := UnmarshalBinary(bevt, evt)
-				if err != nil {
-					b.Fatalf("failed to unmarshal: %s", err)
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	})
-
 	b.Run("easyjson.Unmarshal+sig", func(b *testing.B) {
 		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 			for _, nevt := range test_common.NormalEvents {