diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5b45a0f..0c41a1f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -530,10 +530,8 @@ name = "rascal"
 version = "0.3.5"
 dependencies = [
  "annotate-snippets",
- "byteorder",
  "indexmap",
  "insta",
- "log",
  "serde",
  "swf",
  "winnow",
diff --git a/crates/rascal/Cargo.toml b/crates/rascal/Cargo.toml
index 6de3290..d7cb5e8 100644
--- a/crates/rascal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rascal/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ categories = ["compilers", "parser-implementations"]
 indexmap = { version = "2.14.0", features = ["serde"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.228", features = ["derive"] }
 annotate-snippets = "0.12.16"
-byteorder = "1.5.0"
 swf = "0.3.0"
 winnow = "1.0.2"
-log = "0.4.31"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 insta = { version = "1.47.2", features = ["yaml", "glob"] }
diff --git a/crates/rascal/src/swf.rs b/crates/rascal/src/swf.rs
index ce8c248..87d4f6c 100644
--- a/crates/rascal/src/swf.rs
+++ b/crates/rascal/src/swf.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use crate::internal::as2_pcode::{Action, Actions, CatchTarget, FunctionParam, PushValue};
 use crate::program::{CompiledProgram, SwfOptions};
-use byteorder::{LittleEndian, WriteBytesExt};
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt;
@@ -109,66 +108,11 @@ impl SwfWriteExt for ActionEncoder<'_> {
     fn as_writer(&mut self) -> &mut impl Write {
         &mut self.output
     }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn write_u8(&mut self, n: u8) -> Result<()> {
-        self.output.write_u8(n)
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn write_u16(&mut self, n: u16) -> Result<()> {
-        self.output.write_u16::<LittleEndian>(n)
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn write_u32(&mut self, n: u32) -> Result<()> {
-        self.output.write_u32::<LittleEndian>(n)
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn write_u64(&mut self, n: u64) -> Result<()> {
-        self.output.write_u64::<LittleEndian>(n)
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn write_i8(&mut self, n: i8) -> Result<()> {
-        self.output.write_i8(n)
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn write_i16(&mut self, n: i16) -> Result<()> {
-        self.output.write_i16::<LittleEndian>(n)
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn write_i32(&mut self, n: i32) -> Result<()> {
-        self.output.write_i32::<LittleEndian>(n)
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn write_f32(&mut self, n: f32) -> Result<()> {
-        self.output.write_f32::<LittleEndian>(n)
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn write_f64(&mut self, n: f64) -> Result<()> {
-        self.output.write_f64::<LittleEndian>(n)
-    }
-
-    fn write_string(&mut self, s: &'_ SwfStr) -> Result<()> {
-        let bytes = s.as_bytes();
-        if bytes.contains(&0) {
-            return Err(EncoderError::NulByteInString.into());
-        }
-        self.output.write_all(bytes)?;
-        self.write_u8(0)
-    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 enum EncoderError {
     TooManyModules,
-    NulByteInString,
     JumpOffsetOverflow(isize),
     ActionLenOverflow(usize),
     BlockLenOverflow(usize),
@@ -178,7 +122,6 @@ impl fmt::Display for EncoderError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
             Self::TooManyModules => write!(f, "too many modules"),
-            Self::NulByteInString => write!(f, "invalid NUL byte in string"),
             Self::JumpOffsetOverflow(off) => {
                 write!(f, "jump offset ({off} bytes) cannot fit in i16")
             }