diff --git a/lib/command.ts b/lib/command.ts
index 8f52c8f7..9819abd1 100644
--- a/lib/command.ts
+++ b/lib/command.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import * as fbuffer from 'flexbuffer'
 import * as commands from 'redis-commands'
 import * as calculateSlot from 'cluster-key-slot'
 import asCallback from 'standard-as-callback'
@@ -223,22 +222,22 @@ export default class Command {
     let result
     let commandStr = '*' + (this.args.length + 1) + '\r\n$' + this.name.length + '\r\n' + this.name + '\r\n'
     if (bufferMode) {
-      const resultBuffer = new fbuffer.FlexBuffer(0)
-      resultBuffer.write(commandStr)
+      const buffers = new MixedBuffers();
+      buffers.push(commandStr);
       for (const arg of this.args) {
         if (arg instanceof Buffer) {
           if (arg.length === 0) {
-            resultBuffer.write('$0\r\n\r\n')
+            buffers.push('$0\r\n\r\n')
           } else {
-            resultBuffer.write('$' + arg.length + '\r\n')
-            resultBuffer.write(arg)
-            resultBuffer.write('\r\n')
+            buffers.push('$' + arg.length + '\r\n')
+            buffers.push(arg)
+            buffers.push('\r\n')
           }
         } else {
-          resultBuffer.write('$' + Buffer.byteLength(arg as string | Buffer) + '\r\n' + arg + '\r\n')
+          buffers.push('$' + Buffer.byteLength(arg as string | Buffer) + '\r\n' + arg + '\r\n')
         }
       }
-      result = resultBuffer.getBuffer()
+      result = buffers.toBuffer();
     } else {
       result = commandStr
       for (const arg of this.args) {
@@ -332,3 +331,26 @@ Command.setReplyTransformer('hgetall', function (result) {
   }
   return result
 })
+
+class MixedBuffers {
+  length = 0
+  items = []
+
+  public push(x: string | Buffer) {
+    this.length += Buffer.byteLength(x);
+    this.items.push(x)
+  }
+
+  public toBuffer(): Buffer {
+    const result = Buffer.allocUnsafe(this.length);
+    let offset = 0;
+    for (const item of this.items) {
+      const length = Buffer.byteLength(item);
+      Buffer.isBuffer(item)
+        ? (item as Buffer).copy(result, offset)
+        : result.write(item, offset, length)
+      offset += length;
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/lib/pipeline.ts b/lib/pipeline.ts
index 1bffe2bb..82c9294b 100644
--- a/lib/pipeline.ts
+++ b/lib/pipeline.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import Command from './command'
-import {FlexBuffer} from 'flexbuffer'
 import {deprecate} from 'util'
 import asCallback from 'standard-as-callback'
 import {exists, hasFlag} from 'redis-commands'
@@ -278,7 +277,7 @@ Pipeline.prototype.exec = function (callback: CallbackFunction) {
   }).then(execPipeline)
 
   function execPipeline() {
-    let data: FlexBuffer | string = ''
+    let data: Buffer | string = ''
     let writePending: number = _this.replyPending = _this._queue.length
 
     let node
@@ -292,19 +291,14 @@ Pipeline.prototype.exec = function (callback: CallbackFunction) {
           bufferMode = true
         }
         if (bufferMode) {
-          if (typeof data === 'string') {
-            var flexBuffer = new FlexBuffer(0)
-            flexBuffer.write(data)
-            data = flexBuffer
-          }
-          (data as FlexBuffer).write(writable)
+          data = Buffer.concat([
+            typeof data === 'string' ? Buffer.from(data, 'utf8') : data,
+            typeof writable === 'string' ? Buffer.from(writable, 'utf8') : writable
+          ])
         } else {
           data += writable
         }
         if (!--writePending) {
-          if (bufferMode) {
-            data = data.getBuffer()
-          }
           if (_this.isCluster) {
             node.redis.stream.write(data)
           } else {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9f0a781c..c5e73cfb 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1032,10 +1032,6 @@
         "test-value": "^3.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "flexbuffer": {
-      "version": "github:mercadolibre/flexbuffer-node#1487df393a30872e3e81b246711a4cf6b0b23314",
-      "from": "github:mercadolibre/flexbuffer-node#1487df393a30872e3e81b246711a4cf6b0b23314"
-    },
     "for-in": {
       "version": "1.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/for-in/-/for-in-1.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0fb57228..ccddc83c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
     "cluster-key-slot": "^1.0.6",
     "debug": "^3.1.0",
     "denque": "^1.1.0",
-    "flexbuffer": "github:mercadolibre/flexbuffer-node#1487df393a30872e3e81b246711a4cf6b0b23314",
     "lodash.defaults": "^4.2.0",
     "lodash.flatten": "^4.4.0",
     "redis-commands": "1.4.0",