diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 74f1e4c0c..885cfa0ec 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@ addons:
 
 matrix:
   include:
-    - node_js: "0.10"
-      addons:
-        postgresql: "9.6"
-      env: []
-    - node_js: "0.12"
-      addons:
-        postgresql: "9.6"
-      env: []
     - node_js: "4"
       addons:
         postgresql: "9.6"
diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index a0d7f21c7..a565ccbcb 100644
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Client.prototype.connect = function(callback) {
   //password request handling
   con.on('authenticationMD5Password', checkPgPass(function(msg) {
     var inner = Client.md5(self.password + self.user);
-    var outer = Client.md5(Buffer.concat([new Buffer(inner), msg.salt]));
+    var outer = Client.md5(Buffer.concat([Buffer.from(inner), msg.salt]));
     var md5password = "md5" + outer;
     con.password(md5password);
   }));
diff --git a/lib/connection.js b/lib/connection.js
index 87d4f274b..676b5f0cb 100644
--- a/lib/connection.js
+++ b/lib/connection.js
@@ -13,21 +13,6 @@ var util = require('util');
 var Writer = require('buffer-writer');
 var Reader = require('packet-reader');
 
-var indexOf =
-  'indexOf' in Buffer.prototype ?
-    function indexOf(buffer, value, start) {
-      return buffer.indexOf(value, start);
-    } :
-    function indexOf(buffer, value, start) {
-      for (var i = start, len = buffer.length; i < len; i++) {
-        if (buffer[i] === value) {
-          return i;
-        }
-      }
-
-      return -1;
-    };
-
 var TEXT_MODE = 0;
 var BINARY_MODE = 1;
 var Connection = function(config) {
@@ -311,7 +296,7 @@ Connection.prototype.execute = function(config, more) {
   this._send(0x45, more);
 };
 
-var emptyBuffer = Buffer(0);
+var emptyBuffer = Buffer.alloc(0);
 
 Connection.prototype.flush = function() {
   //0x48 = 'H'
@@ -450,7 +435,7 @@ Connection.prototype.parseR = function(buffer, length) {
     code = this.parseInt32(buffer);
     if(code === 5) { //md5 required
       msg.name = 'authenticationMD5Password';
-      msg.salt = new Buffer(4);
+      msg.salt = Buffer.alloc(4);
       buffer.copy(msg.salt, 0, this.offset, this.offset + 4);
       this.offset += 4;
       return msg;
@@ -665,7 +650,7 @@ Connection.prototype.readBytes = function(buffer, length) {
 
 Connection.prototype.parseCString = function(buffer) {
   var start = this.offset;
-  var end = indexOf(buffer, 0, start);
+  var end = buffer.indexOf(0, start);
   this.offset = end + 1;
   return buffer.toString(this.encoding, start, end);
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 590a91557..d52ba05ca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@
     "async": "0.9.0",
     "co": "4.6.0",
     "jshint": "2.5.2",
-    "lodash": "4.13.1",
-    "pg-copy-streams": "0.3.0",
-    "promise-polyfill": "5.2.1"
+    "pg-copy-streams": "0.3.0"
   },
   "minNativeVersion": "1.7.0",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/test/buffer-list.js b/test/buffer-list.js
index 3aa245521..2b1ac73e1 100644
--- a/test/buffer-list.js
+++ b/test/buffer-list.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ p.add = function(buffer, front) {
 };
 
 p.addInt16 = function(val, front) {
-  return this.add(Buffer([(val >>> 8),(val >>> 0)]),front);
+  return this.add(Buffer.from([(val >>> 8),(val >>> 0)]),front);
 };
 
 p.getByteLength = function(initial) {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ p.getByteLength = function(initial) {
 };
 
 p.addInt32 = function(val, first) {
-  return this.add(Buffer([
+  return this.add(Buffer.from([
     (val >>> 24 & 0xFF),
     (val >>> 16 & 0xFF),
     (val >>> 8 & 0xFF),
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ p.addInt32 = function(val, first) {
 
 p.addCString = function(val, front) {
   var len = Buffer.byteLength(val);
-  var buffer = new Buffer(len+1);
+  var buffer = Buffer.alloc(len+1);
   buffer.write(val);
   buffer[len] = 0;
   return this.add(buffer, front);
 };
 
 p.addChar = function(char, first) {
-  return this.add(Buffer(char,'utf8'), first);
+  return this.add(Buffer.from(char,'utf8'), first);
 };
 
 p.join = function(appendLength, char) {
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ p.join = function(appendLength, char) {
     this.addChar(char, true);
     length++;
   }
-  var result = Buffer(length);
+  var result = Buffer.alloc(length);
   var index = 0;
   this.buffers.forEach(function(buffer) {
     buffer.copy(result, index, 0);
diff --git a/test/integration/client/query-as-promise-tests.js b/test/integration/client/query-as-promise-tests.js
index 8dcdeb517..ac958729b 100644
--- a/test/integration/client/query-as-promise-tests.js
+++ b/test/integration/client/query-as-promise-tests.js
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 var helper = require(__dirname + '/../test-helper');
 var pg = helper.pg;
-var semver = require('semver')
-
-if (semver.lt(process.version, '0.12.0')) {
-  return console.log('promises are not supported in node < v0.10')
-}
 
 process.on('unhandledRejection', function(e) {
   console.error(e, e.stack)
diff --git a/test/integration/connection-pool/idle-timeout-tests.js b/test/integration/connection-pool/idle-timeout-tests.js
index 0a60ce504..5a5db0ba9 100644
--- a/test/integration/connection-pool/idle-timeout-tests.js
+++ b/test/integration/connection-pool/idle-timeout-tests.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 var helper = require(__dirname + '/test-helper');
-var _ = require('lodash')
 
-const config = _.extend({ }, helper.config, { idleTimeoutMillis: 50 })
+const config = Object.assign({ }, helper.config, { idleTimeoutMillis: 50 })
 
 test('idle timeout', function() {
  helper.pg.connect(config, assert.calls(function(err, client, done) {
diff --git a/test/integration/connection-pool/yield-support-body.js b/test/integration/connection-pool/yield-support-body.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 943ab3a2e..000000000
--- a/test/integration/connection-pool/yield-support-body.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-var helper = require('./test-helper')
-var co = require('co')
-
-var tid = setTimeout(function() {
-  throw new Error('Tests did not complete in time')
-}, 1000)
-
-co(function * () {
-  var client = yield helper.pg.connect()
-  var res = yield client.query('SELECT $1::text as name', ['foo'])
-  assert.equal(res.rows[0].name, 'foo')
-
-  var threw = false
-  try {
-    yield client.query('SELECT LKDSJDSLKFJ')
-  } catch(e) {
-    threw = true
-  }
-  assert(threw)
-  client.release()
-  helper.pg.end()
-  clearTimeout(tid)
-})
-.catch(function(e) {
-  setImmediate(function() {
-    throw e
-  })
-})
diff --git a/test/integration/connection-pool/yield-support-tests.js b/test/integration/connection-pool/yield-support-tests.js
index fb79ddc4c..943ab3a2e 100644
--- a/test/integration/connection-pool/yield-support-tests.js
+++ b/test/integration/connection-pool/yield-support-tests.js
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
-var semver = require('semver')
-if (semver.lt(process.version, '1.0.0')) {
-  return console.log('yield is not supported in node <= v0.12')
-}
-require('./yield-support-body')
+var helper = require('./test-helper')
+var co = require('co')
+
+var tid = setTimeout(function() {
+  throw new Error('Tests did not complete in time')
+}, 1000)
+
+co(function * () {
+  var client = yield helper.pg.connect()
+  var res = yield client.query('SELECT $1::text as name', ['foo'])
+  assert.equal(res.rows[0].name, 'foo')
+
+  var threw = false
+  try {
+    yield client.query('SELECT LKDSJDSLKFJ')
+  } catch(e) {
+    threw = true
+  }
+  assert(threw)
+  client.release()
+  helper.pg.end()
+  clearTimeout(tid)
+})
+.catch(function(e) {
+  setImmediate(function() {
+    throw e
+  })
+})
diff --git a/test/integration/gh-issues/675-tests.js b/test/integration/gh-issues/675-tests.js
index f7d95427d..c27d3632b 100644
--- a/test/integration/gh-issues/675-tests.js
+++ b/test/integration/gh-issues/675-tests.js
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ helper.pg.connect(helper.config, function(err, client, done) {
 
     c = 'INSERT INTO posts (body) VALUES ($1) RETURNING *';
 
-    var body = new Buffer('foo');
+    var body = Buffer.from('foo');
     client.query(c, [body], function(err) {
       if (err) throw err;
 
-      body = new Buffer([]);
+      body = Buffer.from([]);
       client.query(c, [body], function(err, res) {
         done();
 
diff --git a/test/test-buffers.js b/test/test-buffers.js
index ddb6ba637..b16a7ab62 100644
--- a/test/test-buffers.js
+++ b/test/test-buffers.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ require(__dirname+'/test-helper');
 var buffers = {};
 buffers.readyForQuery = function() {
   return new BufferList()
-    .add(Buffer('I'))
+    .add(Buffer.from('I'))
     .join(true,'Z');
 };
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ buffers.authenticationCleartextPassword = function() {
 buffers.authenticationMD5Password = function() {
   return new BufferList()
     .addInt32(5)
-    .add(Buffer([1,2,3,4]))
+    .add(Buffer.from([1,2,3,4]))
     .join(true, 'R');
 };
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ buffers.dataRow = function(columns) {
     if(col == null) {
       buf.addInt32(-1);
     } else {
-      var strBuf = new Buffer(col, 'utf8');
+      var strBuf = Buffer.from(col, 'utf8');
       buf.addInt32(strBuf.length);
       buf.add(strBuf);
     }
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ var errorOrNotice = function(fields) {
     buf.addChar(field.type);
     buf.addCString(field.value);
   });
-  return buf.add(Buffer([0]));//terminator
+  return buf.add(Buffer.from([0]));//terminator
 }
 
 buffers.parseComplete = function() {
diff --git a/test/test-helper.js b/test/test-helper.js
index d8e068764..175cbbb9d 100644
--- a/test/test-helper.js
+++ b/test/test-helper.js
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 //make assert a global...
 assert = require('assert');
 
-//support for node@0.10.x
-if (typeof Promise == 'undefined') {
-  global.Promise = require('promise-polyfill')
-}
-
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 var sys = require('util');
 var BufferList = require(__dirname+'/buffer-list')
diff --git a/test/unit/client/md5-password-tests.js b/test/unit/client/md5-password-tests.js
index 3c5403685..315ef197b 100644
--- a/test/unit/client/md5-password-tests.js
+++ b/test/unit/client/md5-password-tests.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require(__dirname + '/test-helper');
 test('md5 authentication', function() {
   var client = createClient();
   client.password = "!";
-  var salt = Buffer([1, 2, 3, 4]);
+  var salt = Buffer.from([1, 2, 3, 4]);
   client.connection.emit('authenticationMD5Password', {salt: salt});
 
   test('responds', function() {
diff --git a/test/unit/connection/inbound-parser-tests.js b/test/unit/connection/inbound-parser-tests.js
index a9910966b..2b822e440 100644
--- a/test/unit/connection/inbound-parser-tests.js
+++ b/test/unit/connection/inbound-parser-tests.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ test('Connection', function() {
   testForMessage(plainPasswordBuffer, expectedPlainPasswordMessage);
   var msg = testForMessage(md5PasswordBuffer, expectedMD5PasswordMessage);
   test('md5 has right salt', function() {
-    assert.equalBuffers(msg.salt, Buffer([1,2,3,4]));
+    assert.equalBuffers(msg.salt, Buffer.from([1,2,3,4]));
   });
   testForMessage(paramStatusBuffer, expectedParameterStatusMessage);
   testForMessage(backendKeyDataBuffer, expectedBackendKeyDataMessage);
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ test('Connection', function() {
   });
 
   test("no data message", function() {
-    testForMessage(Buffer([0x6e, 0, 0, 0, 4]), {
+    testForMessage(Buffer.from([0x6e, 0, 0, 0, 4]), {
       name: 'noData'
     });
   });
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ test('Connection', function() {
   });
 
   test('parses replication start message', function() {
-    testForMessage(new Buffer([0x57, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04]), {
+    testForMessage(Buffer.from([0x57, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04]), {
       name: 'replicationStart',
       length: 4
     });
@@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ test('split buffer, single message parsing', function() {
   });
 
   var testMessageRecievedAfterSpiltAt = function(split) {
-    var firstBuffer = new Buffer(fullBuffer.length-split);
-    var secondBuffer = new Buffer(fullBuffer.length-firstBuffer.length);
+    var firstBuffer = Buffer.alloc(fullBuffer.length-split);
+    var secondBuffer = Buffer.alloc(fullBuffer.length-firstBuffer.length);
     fullBuffer.copy(firstBuffer, 0, 0);
     fullBuffer.copy(secondBuffer, 0, firstBuffer.length);
     stream.emit('data', firstBuffer);
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ test('split buffer, single message parsing', function() {
 test('split buffer, multiple message parsing', function() {
   var dataRowBuffer = buffers.dataRow(['!']);
   var readyForQueryBuffer = buffers.readyForQuery();
-  var fullBuffer = new Buffer(dataRowBuffer.length + readyForQueryBuffer.length);
+  var fullBuffer = Buffer.alloc(dataRowBuffer.length + readyForQueryBuffer.length);
   dataRowBuffer.copy(fullBuffer, 0, 0);
   readyForQueryBuffer.copy(fullBuffer, dataRowBuffer.length, 0);
 
@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ test('split buffer, multiple message parsing', function() {
     verifyMessages();
   });
   var splitAndVerifyTwoMessages = function(split) {
-    var firstBuffer = new Buffer(fullBuffer.length-split);
-    var secondBuffer = new Buffer(fullBuffer.length-firstBuffer.length);
+    var firstBuffer = Buffer.alloc(fullBuffer.length-split);
+    var secondBuffer = Buffer.alloc(fullBuffer.length-firstBuffer.length);
     fullBuffer.copy(firstBuffer, 0, 0);
     fullBuffer.copy(secondBuffer, 0, firstBuffer.length);
     stream.emit('data', firstBuffer);
diff --git a/test/unit/connection/outbound-sending-tests.js b/test/unit/connection/outbound-sending-tests.js
index 3dde8a3cb..353c073bf 100644
--- a/test/unit/connection/outbound-sending-tests.js
+++ b/test/unit/connection/outbound-sending-tests.js
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@ test('bind messages', function() {
       .addInt16(0)
       .addInt16(4)
       .addInt32(1)
-      .add(Buffer("1"))
+      .add(Buffer.from("1"))
       .addInt32(2)
-      .add(Buffer("hi"))
+      .add(Buffer.from("hi"))
       .addInt32(-1)
       .addInt32(4)
-      .add(Buffer('zing'))
+      .add(Buffer.from('zing'))
       .addInt16(0)
       .join(true, 'B');
     assert.received(stream, expectedBuffer);
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ test('with named statement, portal, and buffer value', function() {
   con.bind({
     portal: 'bang',
     statement: 'woo',
-    values: ['1', 'hi', null, new Buffer('zing', 'UTF-8')]
+    values: ['1', 'hi', null, Buffer.from('zing', 'utf8')]
   });
   var expectedBuffer = new BufferList()
     .addCString('bang')  //portal name
@@ -132,12 +132,12 @@ test('with named statement, portal, and buffer value', function() {
     .addInt16(1)//binary
     .addInt16(4)
     .addInt32(1)
-    .add(Buffer("1"))
+    .add(Buffer.from("1"))
     .addInt32(2)
-    .add(Buffer("hi"))
+    .add(Buffer.from("hi"))
     .addInt32(-1)
     .addInt32(4)
-    .add(new Buffer('zing', 'UTF-8'))
+    .add(Buffer.from('zing', 'UTF-8'))
     .addInt16(0)
     .join(true, 'B');
   assert.received(stream, expectedBuffer);
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ test('sends sync command', function() {
 
 test('sends end command', function() {
   con.end();
-  var expected = new Buffer([0x58, 0, 0, 0, 4]);
+  var expected = Buffer.from([0x58, 0, 0, 0, 4]);
   assert.received(stream, expected);
 });
 
diff --git a/test/unit/utils-tests.js b/test/unit/utils-tests.js
index d640f9880..82b11715a 100644
--- a/test/unit/utils-tests.js
+++ b/test/unit/utils-tests.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ test('normalizing query configs', function() {
 })
 
 test('prepareValues: buffer prepared properly', function() {
-  var buf = new Buffer("quack");
+  var buf = Buffer.from("quack");
   var out = utils.prepareValue(buf);
   assert.strictEqual(buf, out);
 });
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ test('prepareValue: objects with simple toPostgres prepared properly', function(
 });
 
 test('prepareValue: objects with complex toPostgres prepared properly', function() {
-  var buf = new Buffer("zomgcustom!");
+  var buf = Buffer.from("zomgcustom!");
   var customType = {
     toPostgres: function() {
       return [1, 2];
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ test('prepareValue: objects with toPostgres receive prepareValue', function() {
 });
 
 test('prepareValue: objects with circular toPostgres rejected', function() {
-  var buf = new Buffer("zomgcustom!");
+  var buf = Buffer.from("zomgcustom!");
   var customType = {
     toPostgres: function() {
       return { toPostgres: function () { return customType; } };