diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d18d1c9..7b56442 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
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         "slugify": "^1.6.6",
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         "url-join": "^4.0.1",
         "yargs": "^17.7.2",
@@ -6645,27 +6644,6 @@
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-    "node_modules/through2": {
-      "version": "4.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/through2/-/through2-4.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-iOqSav00cVxEEICeD7TjLB1sueEL+81Wpzp2bY17uZjZN0pWZPuo4suZ/61VujxmqSGFfgOcNuTZ85QJwNZQpw==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "readable-stream": "3"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/through2/node_modules/readable-stream": {
-      "version": "3.6.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-3.6.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-BViHy7LKeTz4oNnkcLJ+lVSL6vpiFeX6/d3oSH8zCW7UxP2onchk+vTGB143xuFjHS3deTgkKoXXymXqymiIdA==",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "inherits": "^2.0.3",
-        "string_decoder": "^1.1.1",
-        "util-deprecate": "^1.0.1"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 6"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/thumbsup-downsize": {
       "version": "2.5.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/thumbsup-downsize/-/thumbsup-downsize-2.5.2.tgz",
@@ -12233,26 +12211,6 @@
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       "integrity": "sha1-DdTJ/6q8NXlgsbckEV1+Doai4fU="
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-    "through2": {
-      "version": "4.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/through2/-/through2-4.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-iOqSav00cVxEEICeD7TjLB1sueEL+81Wpzp2bY17uZjZN0pWZPuo4suZ/61VujxmqSGFfgOcNuTZ85QJwNZQpw==",
-      "requires": {
-        "readable-stream": "3"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "readable-stream": {
-          "version": "3.6.0",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-3.6.0.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-BViHy7LKeTz4oNnkcLJ+lVSL6vpiFeX6/d3oSH8zCW7UxP2onchk+vTGB143xuFjHS3deTgkKoXXymXqymiIdA==",
-          "requires": {
-            "inherits": "^2.0.3",
-            "string_decoder": "^1.1.1",
-            "util-deprecate": "^1.0.1"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "thumbsup-downsize": {
       "version": "2.5.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/thumbsup-downsize/-/thumbsup-downsize-2.5.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a85b391..839cf6f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
     "readdir-enhanced": "^6.0.4",
     "resolve-pkg": "^2.0.0",
     "slugify": "^1.6.6",
-    "through2": "^4.0.2",
     "thumbsup-downsize": "^2.5.2",
     "url-join": "^4.0.1",
     "yargs": "^17.7.2",
diff --git a/src/components/exiftool/stream.js b/src/components/exiftool/stream.js
index 8b72753..9d946a4 100644
--- a/src/components/exiftool/stream.js
+++ b/src/components/exiftool/stream.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const debug = require('debug')('thumbsup:debug')
 const error = require('debug')('thumbsup:error')
 const es = require('event-stream')
 const JSONStream = require('JSONStream')
-const through2 = require('through2')
 
 /*
   Spawn a single <exiftool> process and send all the files to be parsed
@@ -52,13 +51,6 @@ exports.parse = (rootFolder, filePaths) => {
   // parse every top-level object and emit it on the stream
   return es.pipeline(
     child.stdout,
-    through2(chunkToString),
     JSONStream.parse([true])
   )
 }
-
-function chunkToString (chunk, enc, callback) {
-  // convert to string to help JSONStream deal with odd encodings
-  this.push(chunk.toString())
-  callback()
-}