diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e1a5af558..02caa814e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
     "socket.io-client": "2.0.4",
     "stats.js": "^0.17.0",
     "tap": "^10.2.0",
-    "text-encoding": "0.6.4",
     "tiny-worker": "^2.1.1",
     "webpack": "^3.10.0",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^2.4.1",
diff --git a/src/virtual-machine.js b/src/virtual-machine.js
index 0612261a9..61b61e518 100644
--- a/src/virtual-machine.js
+++ b/src/virtual-machine.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const TextEncoder = require('text-encoding');
 const EventEmitter = require('events');
 
 const centralDispatch = require('./dispatch/central-dispatch');