diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d3ffbc4..a8955e4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 language: node_js
 sudo: false
 node_js:
-  - "0.10"
-  - "0.12"
-  - "4"
-  - "5"
   - "6"
-  - "7"
   - "8"
   - "10"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 04bca60..acb72a5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 Break up a stream and reassemble it so that each line is a chunk.
 `split2` is inspired by [@dominictarr](https://github.com/dominictarr) [`split`](https://github.com/dominictarr/split) module,
 and it is totally API compatible with it.
-However, it is based on [`through2`](https://github.com/rvagg/through2) by [@rvagg](https://github.com/rvagg) and it is fully based on Stream3.
+However, it is based on Node.js core [`Transform`](https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_new_stream_transform_options) via [`readable-stream`](https://github.com/nodejs/readable-stream)
 
 `matcher` may be a `String`, or a `RegExp`. Example, read every line in a file ...
 
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ However, it is based on [`through2`](https://github.com/rvagg/through2) by [@rva
 
 `split` takes an optional options object on it's third argument, which
 is directly passed as a
-[Transform](http://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_class_stream_transform_1)
+[Transform](https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_new_stream_transform_options)
 option.
 
 Additionally, the `.maxLength` option is implemented, which will make the split stream throw an error
@@ -69,16 +69,17 @@ is wrapped in a try-catch, while here it is not: if your parsing logic can throw
 
 ```bash
 $ node bench.js
-
-benchSplit*10000: 4241.612ms
-benchBinarySplit*10000: 2372.667ms
-benchSplit*10000: 2276.079ms
-benchBinarySplit*10000: 2332.015ms
+benchSplit*10000: 1484.983ms
+benchBinarySplit*10000: 1484.080ms
+benchSplit*10000: 1407.334ms
+benchBinarySplit*10000: 1500.281ms
 ```
 
+Benchmark taken on Node 8.11.3, on a Macbook i5 2018.
+
 # License
 
-Copyright (c) 2014-2017, Matteo Collina <hello@matteocollina.com>
+Copyright (c) 2014-2018, Matteo Collina <hello@matteocollina.com>
 
 Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
 purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 70a8320..57d76a4 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright (c) 2014-2016, Matteo Collina <hello@matteocollina.com>
+Copyright (c) 2014-2018, Matteo Collina <hello@matteocollina.com>
 
 Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
 purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
@@ -16,18 +16,20 @@ IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 
 'use strict'
 
-var through = require('through2')
-var StringDecoder = require('string_decoder').StringDecoder
+const { Transform } = require('readable-stream')
+const { StringDecoder } = require('string_decoder')
+const kLast = Symbol('last')
+const kDecoder = Symbol('decoder')
 
 function transform (chunk, enc, cb) {
-  this._last += this._decoder.write(chunk)
-  if (this._last.length > this.maxLength) {
+  this[kLast] += this[kDecoder].write(chunk)
+  if (this[kLast].length > this.maxLength) {
     return cb(new Error('maximum buffer reached'))
   }
 
-  var list = this._last.split(this.matcher)
+  var list = this[kLast].split(this.matcher)
 
-  this._last = list.pop()
+  this[kLast] = list.pop()
 
   for (var i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
     push(this, this.mapper(list[i]))
@@ -38,10 +40,10 @@ function transform (chunk, enc, cb) {
 
 function flush (cb) {
   // forward any gibberish left in there
-  this._last += this._decoder.end()
+  this[kLast] += this[kDecoder].end()
 
-  if (this._last) {
-    push(this, this.mapper(this._last))
+  if (this[kLast]) {
+    push(this, this.mapper(this[kLast]))
   }
 
   cb()
@@ -90,18 +92,14 @@ function split (matcher, mapper, options) {
       }
   }
 
-  var stream = through(options, transform, flush)
+  options.transform = transform
+  options.flush = flush
+  options.readableObjectMode = true
 
-  // this stream is in objectMode only in the readable part
-  stream._readableState.objectMode = true
+  const stream = new Transform(options)
 
-  // objectMode default hwm is 16 and not 16384
-  if (stream._readableState.highWaterMark && !options.highWaterMark) {
-    stream._readableState.highWaterMark = 16
-  }
-
-  stream._last = ''
-  stream._decoder = new StringDecoder('utf8')
+  stream[kLast] = ''
+  stream[kDecoder] = new StringDecoder('utf8')
   stream.matcher = matcher
   stream.mapper = mapper
   stream.maxLength = options.maxLength
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 98de24f..36b18e7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
     "pre-commit": "^1.1.2",
     "safe-buffer": "^5.1.1",
     "standard": "^11.0.0",
-    "tap": "^10.0.0"
+    "tap": "^12.0.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "through2": "^2.0.2"
+    "readable-stream": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "greenkeeper": {
     "ignore": [