diff --git a/src/codecs/farbfeld.rs b/src/codecs/farbfeld.rs
index 6a3364688d..3f2b923a86 100644
--- a/src/codecs/farbfeld.rs
+++ b/src/codecs/farbfeld.rs
@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@
 //! # Related Links
 //! * <https://tools.suckless.org/farbfeld/> - the farbfeld specification
 
-use std::convert::TryFrom;
+use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
 use std::i64;
 use std::io::{self, Read, Seek, SeekFrom, Write};
 
-use byteorder::{BigEndian, ByteOrder, NativeEndian};
-
 use crate::color::ColorType;
 use crate::error::{
     DecodingError, ImageError, ImageResult, UnsupportedError, UnsupportedErrorKind,
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ impl<R: Read> FarbfeldReader<R> {
             from.read_exact(&mut buf).map_err(|err| {
                 ImageError::Decoding(DecodingError::new(ImageFormat::Farbfeld.into(), err))
             })?;
-            Ok(BigEndian::read_u32(&buf))
+            Ok(u32::from_be_bytes(buf))
         }
 
         let mut magic = [0u8; 8];
@@ -169,10 +167,11 @@ impl<R: Read + Seek> Seek for FarbfeldReader<R> {
     }
 }
 
-fn consume_channel<R: Read>(from: &mut R, to: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
+fn consume_channel<R: Read>(from: &mut R, mut to: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
     let mut ibuf = [0u8; 2];
     from.read_exact(&mut ibuf)?;
-    NativeEndian::write_u16(to, BigEndian::read_u16(&ibuf));
+    to.write_all(&u16::from_be_bytes(ibuf).to_ne_bytes())?;
+
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -274,16 +273,12 @@ impl<W: Write> FarbfeldEncoder<W> {
     fn encode_impl(mut self, data: &[u8], width: u32, height: u32) -> io::Result<()> {
         self.w.write_all(b"farbfeld")?;
 
-        let mut buf = [0u8; 4];
-        BigEndian::write_u32(&mut buf, width);
-        self.w.write_all(&buf)?;
-
-        BigEndian::write_u32(&mut buf, height);
-        self.w.write_all(&buf)?;
+        self.w.write_all(&width.to_be_bytes())?;
+        self.w.write_all(&height.to_be_bytes())?;
 
         for channel in data.chunks_exact(2) {
-            BigEndian::write_u16(&mut buf, NativeEndian::read_u16(channel));
-            self.w.write_all(&buf[..2])?;
+            self.w
+                .write_all(&u16::from_ne_bytes(channel.try_into().unwrap()).to_be_bytes())?;
         }
 
         Ok(())