diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index dffdbbb9e2..11e6a77cb2 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 var net = require("net"),
     URL = require("url"),
-    util = require("./lib/util"),
+    util = require("util"),
     Queue = require("./lib/queue"),
     to_array = require("./lib/to_array"),
     events = require("events"),
diff --git a/lib/parser/hiredis.js b/lib/parser/hiredis.js
index f588bcc185..d1fd0b7a9a 100644
--- a/lib/parser/hiredis.js
+++ b/lib/parser/hiredis.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var events = require("events"),
-    util = require("../util"),
+    util = require("util"),
     hiredis = require("hiredis");
 
 exports.name = "hiredis";
diff --git a/lib/parser/javascript.js b/lib/parser/javascript.js
index bea4b68d9b..be5248d115 100644
--- a/lib/parser/javascript.js
+++ b/lib/parser/javascript.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var events = require("events"),
-    util   = require("../util");
+    util   = require("util");
 
 function Packet(type, size) {
     this.type = type;
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 359cd7e948..0000000000
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-// Support for very old versions of node where the module was called "sys".  At some point, we should abandon this.
-
-var util;
-
-try {
-    util = require("util");
-} catch (err) {
-    util = require("sys");
-}
-
-module.exports = util;