diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1a5bcda70..3bf2f113f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -867,7 +867,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ansi_term 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "blooms-db 0.1.0",
  "bn 0.4.4 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/bn)",
- "byteorder 1.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "common-types 0.1.0",
  "criterion 0.2.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "crossbeam 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/ethcore/Cargo.toml b/ethcore/Cargo.toml
index 9296f10b1..9c315fffb 100644
--- a/ethcore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethcore/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 ansi_term = "0.11"
 blooms-db = { path = "../util/blooms-db", optional = true }
 bn = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/bn", default-features = false }
-byteorder = "1.0"
 common-types = { path = "types" }
 crossbeam = "0.4"
 derive_more = "0.14.0"
diff --git a/ethcore/src/builtin.rs b/ethcore/src/builtin.rs
index bae1c75da..6a52c9cdd 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/builtin.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/builtin.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 use std::cmp::{max, min};
 use std::io::{self, Read};
 
-use byteorder::{ByteOrder, BigEndian};
 use parity_crypto::digest;
 use num::{BigUint, Zero, One};
 
@@ -369,7 +368,9 @@ impl Impl for ModexpImpl {
 		// but so would running out of addressable memory!
 		let mut read_len = |reader: &mut io::Chain<&[u8], io::Repeat>| {
 			reader.read_exact(&mut buf[..]).expect("reading from zero-extended memory cannot fail; qed");
-			BigEndian::read_u64(&buf[24..]) as usize
+			let mut len_bytes = [0u8; 8];
+			len_bytes.copy_from_slice(&buf[24..]);
+			u64::from_be_bytes(len_bytes) as usize
 		};
 
 		let base_len = read_len(&mut reader);
diff --git a/ethcore/src/lib.rs b/ethcore/src/lib.rs
index 254b6bed7..a0ee0c2d7 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/lib.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 
 extern crate ansi_term;
 extern crate bn;
-extern crate byteorder;
 extern crate common_types as types;
 extern crate crossbeam;
 extern crate ethabi;
diff --git a/ethcore/src/state_db.rs b/ethcore/src/state_db.rs
index 132677ab5..cb00d2132 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/state_db.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/state_db.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ use std::io;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use bloom_journal::{Bloom, BloomJournal};
-use byteorder::{LittleEndian, ByteOrder};
 use db::COL_ACCOUNT_BLOOM;
 use ethereum_types::{H256, Address};
 use hash::keccak;
@@ -169,11 +168,15 @@ impl StateDB {
 		let hash_count = hash_count_bytes[0];
 
 		let mut bloom_parts = vec![0u64; ACCOUNT_BLOOM_SPACE / 8];
-		let mut key = [0u8; 8];
 		for i in 0..ACCOUNT_BLOOM_SPACE / 8 {
-			LittleEndian::write_u64(&mut key, i as u64);
+			let key: [u8; 8] = (i as u64).to_le_bytes();
 			bloom_parts[i] = db.get(COL_ACCOUNT_BLOOM, &key).expect("low-level database error")
-				.and_then(|val| Some(LittleEndian::read_u64(&val[..])))
+				.map(|val| {
+					assert!(val.len() == 8, "low-level database error");
+					let mut buff = [0u8; 8];
+					buff.copy_from_slice(&*val);
+					u64::from_le_bytes(buff)
+				})
 				.unwrap_or(0u64);
 		}
 
@@ -186,12 +189,10 @@ impl StateDB {
 	pub fn commit_bloom(batch: &mut DBTransaction, journal: BloomJournal) -> io::Result<()> {
 		assert!(journal.hash_functions <= 255);
 		batch.put(COL_ACCOUNT_BLOOM, ACCOUNT_BLOOM_HASHCOUNT_KEY, &[journal.hash_functions as u8]);
-		let mut key = [0u8; 8];
-		let mut val = [0u8; 8];
 
 		for (bloom_part_index, bloom_part_value) in journal.entries {
-			LittleEndian::write_u64(&mut key, bloom_part_index as u64);
-			LittleEndian::write_u64(&mut val, bloom_part_value);
+			let key: [u8; 8] = (bloom_part_index as u64).to_le_bytes();
+			let val: [u8; 8] = bloom_part_value.to_le_bytes();
 			batch.put(COL_ACCOUNT_BLOOM, &key, &val);
 		}
 		Ok(())