diff --git a/changes.md b/changes.md
--- a/changes.md
+++ b/changes.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# 0.0.0.3
+    - Got rid of `encoding`
+
 # 0.0.0.2
     - Improved documentation
 
diff --git a/filepath-crypto.cabal b/filepath-crypto.cabal
--- a/filepath-crypto.cabal
+++ b/filepath-crypto.cabal
@@ -1,45 +1,44 @@
-name:                filepath-crypto
-version:             0.0.0.2
-synopsis:            Reversable and secure encoding of object ids as filepaths
-license:             BSD3
-license-file:        LICENSE
-author:              Gregor Kleen
-maintainer:          aethoago@141.li
-category:            cryptography
-build-type:          Simple
-cabal-version:       >=1.10
-extra-source-files:  changes.md
+name: filepath-crypto
+version: 0.0.0.3
+cabal-version: >=1.10
+build-type: Simple
+license: BSD3
+license-file: LICENSE
+maintainer: Gregor Kleen <aethoago@141.li>
+synopsis: Reversable and secure encoding of object ids as filepaths
+category: cryptography
+author: Gregor Kleen <aethoago@141.li>
+extra-source-files:
+    changes.md
+
 source-repository head
-  type:                git
-  location:            https://git.rheperire.org/cryptoids
-  subdir:              filepath-crypto
+    type: git
+    location: https://git.rheperire.org/cryptoids/filepath-crypto
 
 library
-  exposed-modules:     System.FilePath.Cryptographic
-                     , Data.Binary.SerializationLength
-                     , Data.Binary.SerializationLength.TH
-  other-modules:       Data.Binary.SerializationLength.Class
-  default-extensions:  KindSignatures
-                     , ViewPatterns
-                     , FlexibleContexts
-                     , GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving
-                     , PatternGuards
-                     , RecordWildCards
-                     , DataKinds
-                     , DeriveDataTypeable
-                     , DeriveGeneric
-  other-extensions:    ScopedTypeVariables
-  build-depends:       base              >=4.9      && <4.11
-                     , cryptoids-types   ==0.0.0
-                     , cryptoids         ==0.4.0.*
-                     , filepath          >=1.4.1.1  && <1.5
-                     , sandi             >=0.4.1    && <0.5
-                     , case-insensitive  >=1.2.0.10 && <1.3
-                     , binary            >=0.8.3.0  && <0.9
-                     , bytestring        >=0.10.8.1 && <0.11
-                     , exceptions        >=0.8.3    && <0.9
-                     , encoding          >=0.8.2    && <0.9
-                     , template-haskell  >=2.11.0.0 && <2.13
-  hs-source-dirs:      src
-  default-language:    Haskell2010
-  ghc-options:         -Wall -fno-warn-name-shadowing
+    exposed-modules:
+        System.FilePath.Cryptographic
+        Data.Binary.SerializationLength
+        Data.Binary.SerializationLength.TH
+    build-depends:
+        base >=4.10.1.0 && <4.11,
+        binary >=0.8.5.1 && <0.9,
+        bytestring >=0.10.8.2 && <0.11,
+        case-insensitive >=1.2.0.10 && <1.3,
+        cryptoids >=0.4.0.0 && <0.5,
+        cryptoids-types >=0.0.0 && <0.1,
+        exceptions >=0.8.3 && <0.9,
+        filepath >=1.4.1.2 && <1.5,
+        sandi >=0.4.1 && <0.5,
+        template-haskell >=2.12.0.0 && <2.13
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    default-extensions: KindSignatures ViewPatterns FlexibleContexts
+                        GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving PatternGuards RecordWildCards DataKinds
+                        DeriveDataTypeable DeriveGeneric
+    other-extensions: ScopedTypeVariables
+    hs-source-dirs: src
+    other-modules:
+        Data.Binary.SerializationLength.Class
+        Paths_filepath_crypto
+    ghc-options: -Wall -fno-warn-name-shadowing
+
diff --git a/src/System/FilePath/Cryptographic.hs b/src/System/FilePath/Cryptographic.hs
--- a/src/System/FilePath/Cryptographic.hs
+++ b/src/System/FilePath/Cryptographic.hs
@@ -47,14 +47,13 @@
 import qualified Data.CaseInsensitive as CI
 import Data.Binary
 import Data.Binary.SerializationLength
-import Data.Encoding.UTF8
-import Data.Encoding (decodeStrictByteString, encodeStrictByteString)
 import Data.Char (toUpper)
 
 import Data.Ratio ((%))
 import Data.List
 
 import qualified Data.ByteString as ByteString
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Char8 as ByteString.Char8
 
 import Control.Monad
 import Control.Monad.Catch
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@
       unless (fromIntegral l == natVal (Proxy :: Proxy (SerializationLength a))) $
         throwM $ CiphertextConversionFailed str
       return . Just $ paddedLength l
-    encode str = CI.mk . dropWhileEnd (== '=') . decodeStrictByteString UTF8 $ Base32.encode str
+    encode str = CI.mk . dropWhileEnd (== '=') . ByteString.Char8.unpack $ Base32.encode str
 
 
 -- | Decrypt an arbitrary serializable value
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@
            , MonadThrow m
            , HasFixedSerializationLength a
            ) => CryptoIDKey -> CryptoFileName namespace -> m a
-decrypt = Poly.decrypt $ (\str -> either (const . throwM $ CiphertextConversionFailed str) return $ Base32.decode str) . encodeStrictByteString UTF8 . padding (natVal (Proxy :: Proxy (SerializationLength a))) . map toUpper . CI.original
+decrypt = Poly.decrypt $ (\str -> either (const . throwM $ CiphertextConversionFailed str) return $ Base32.decode str) . ByteString.Char8.pack . padding (natVal (Proxy :: Proxy (SerializationLength a))) . map toUpper . CI.original
   where
     padding l str = str ++ replicate (genericIndex paddingTable $ l' `mod` 5) '='
       where