diff --git a/lib/core/byte-data.js b/lib/core/byte-data.js
index 289a601f..d562fcc9 100644
--- a/lib/core/byte-data.js
+++ b/lib/core/byte-data.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-const encodeUtf8 = require('encode-utf8')
 const Mode = require('./mode')
 
 function ByteData (data) {
   this.mode = Mode.BYTE
   if (typeof (data) === 'string') {
-    data = encodeUtf8(data)
+    this.data = new TextEncoder().encode(data)
+  } else {
+    this.data = new Uint8Array(data)
   }
-  this.data = new Uint8Array(data)
 }
 
 ByteData.getBitsLength = function getBitsLength (length) {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7215732c..895757ee 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -2529,11 +2529,6 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/emoji-regex/-/emoji-regex-8.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-MSjYzcWNOA0ewAHpz0MxpYFvwg6yjy1NG3xteoqz644VCo/RPgnr1/GGt+ic3iJTzQ8Eu3TdM14SawnVUmGE6A=="
     },
-    "encode-utf8": {
-      "version": "1.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/encode-utf8/-/encode-utf8-1.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ucAnuBEhUK4boH2HjVYG5Q2mQyPorvv0u/ocS+zhdw0S8AlHYY+GOFhP1Gio5z4icpP2ivFSvhtFjQi8+T9ppw=="
-    },
     "encodeurl": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/encodeurl/-/encodeurl-1.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 03f589a8..276817cf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "dijkstrajs": "^1.0.1",
-    "encode-utf8": "^1.0.3",
     "pngjs": "^5.0.0",
     "yargs": "^15.3.1"
   },