diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 343819cd..a2439711 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ var defaults =  require('./defaults');
 var Connection = require('./connection');
 var ConnectionParameters = require('./connection-parameters');
 var poolFactory = require('./pool-factory');
-var deprecate = require('deprecate');
 
 var PG = function(clientConstructor) {
   EventEmitter.call(this);
@@ -28,8 +27,7 @@ var PG = function(clientConstructor) {
 
 util.inherits(PG, EventEmitter);
 
-PG.prototype.end = function() {
-  deprecate('pg.end() is deprecated - please construct pools directly via new pg.Pool()');
+PG.prototype.end = util.deprecate(function() {
   var self = this;
   var keys = Object.keys(this._pools);
   var count = keys.length;
@@ -49,10 +47,10 @@ PG.prototype.end = function() {
       });
     });
   }
-};
+},
+'pg.end() is deprecated - please construct pools directly via new pg.Pool()');
 
-PG.prototype.connect = function(config, callback) {
-  deprecate('pg.connect() is deprecated - please construct pools directly via new pg.Pool()');
+PG.prototype.connect = util.deprecate(function(config, callback) {
   if(typeof config == "function") {
     callback = config;
     config = null;
@@ -78,11 +76,11 @@ PG.prototype.connect = function(config, callback) {
     }.bind(this));
   }
   return pool.connect(callback);
-};
+},
+'pg.connect() is deprecated - please construct pools directly via new pg.Pool()');
 
 // cancel the query running on the given client
-PG.prototype.cancel = function(config, client, query) {
-  deprecate('pg.cancel() is deprecated - please create your own client instances to cancel queries');
+PG.prototype.cancel = util.deprecate(function(config, client, query) {
   if(client.native) {
     return client.cancel(query);
   }
@@ -93,7 +91,7 @@ PG.prototype.cancel = function(config, client, query) {
   }
   var cancellingClient = new this.Client(c);
   cancellingClient.cancel(client, query);
-};
+}, 'pg.cancel() is deprecated - please create your own client instances to cancel queries');
 
 if(typeof process.env.NODE_PG_FORCE_NATIVE != 'undefined') {
   module.exports = new PG(require('./native'));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b7fd9d0c..d52ba05c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
   "main": "./lib",
   "dependencies": {
     "buffer-writer": "1.0.1",
-    "deprecate": "1.0.0",
     "packet-reader": "0.3.1",
     "pg-connection-string": "0.1.3",
     "pg-pool": "1.*",
diff --git a/test/test-helper.js b/test/test-helper.js
index ad3e785b..f39cbfef 100644
--- a/test/test-helper.js
+++ b/test/test-helper.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 //make assert a global...
 assert = require('assert');
-
-require('deprecate').silence = true;
-
+process.noDeprecation = true;
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 var sys = require('util');
 var BufferList = require(__dirname+'/buffer-list')