diff --git a/src/ssn/streams/arrayBufferToStream.ts b/src/ssn/streams/arrayBufferToStream.ts
index 291ddb3..e961ebd 100644
--- a/src/ssn/streams/arrayBufferToStream.ts
+++ b/src/ssn/streams/arrayBufferToStream.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export default function arrayBufferToStream(arrayBuffer: ArrayBuffer, offset = 0
 
   let position = offset;
   const outStream = new stream.Readable({
-    encoding: 'binary',
     read(size) {
       const chunkSize = Math.min(size || BUFFER_SIZE, arrayBuffer.byteLength - position); //TODO: we can probably remove BUFFER_SIZE
       let needMoreData: boolean;
diff --git a/src/ssn/streams/decryptStream.ts b/src/ssn/streams/decryptStream.ts
index a805e66..3470719 100644
--- a/src/ssn/streams/decryptStream.ts
+++ b/src/ssn/streams/decryptStream.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ export default function decryptStream(inputStream: stream.Readable, decryptionKe
   let skippedRandomHeader = false;
 
   const outStream = new stream.Readable({
-    encoding: 'binary',
     read(size) {
       //There are 12 random bytes at the beginning, we need to use them to initialize the decryption keys, but we can ignore the decrypted bytes.
       if (!skippedRandomHeader) {
diff --git a/src/ssn/streams/streamSetMaxLength.ts b/src/ssn/streams/streamSetMaxLength.ts
index 499caef..3b8eb69 100644
--- a/src/ssn/streams/streamSetMaxLength.ts
+++ b/src/ssn/streams/streamSetMaxLength.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export default function streamSetMaxLength(inputStream: stream.Readable, maxLeng
   let remaining = maxLength;
 
   const outStream = new stream.Readable({
-    encoding: 'binary',
     read(size) {
       //If no size is provided, just pass through all remaining bytes
       if (size === undefined) {