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diff --git a/buffer.go b/buffer.go
index 54c6226..bb6e96e 100644
--- a/buffer.go
+++ b/buffer.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 type Buffer struct {
        buf       []byte    // contents are the bytes buf[off : len(buf)]
        off       int       // read at &buf[off], write at &buf[len(buf)]
-       bootstrap *[64]byte // memory to hold first slice; helps small buffers avoid allocation.
        lastRead  readOp    // last read operation, so that Unread* can work correctly.

        // FIXME: it would be advisable to align Buffer to cachelines to avoid false
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ type Buffer struct {

 // New returns ready-to-use empty Buffer.
 func New() Buffer {
-       return Buffer{bootstrap: new([64]byte)}
+       return Buffer{buf: new([64]byte)[:0]}
 }

 // The readOp constants describe the last action performed on
@@ -129,11 +128,6 @@ func (b *Buffer) grow(n int) int {
        if i, ok := b.tryGrowByReslice(n); ok {
                return i
        }
-       // Check if we can make use of bootstrap array.
-       if b.buf == nil && n <= len(b.bootstrap) {
-               b.buf = b.bootstrap[:n]
-               return 0
-       }
        c := cap(b.buf)
        if n <= c/2-m {
                // We can slide things down instead of allocating a new