diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f46781c..64eda93 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ checksum = "826e7639553986605ec5979c7dd957c7895e93eabed50ab2ffa7f6128a75097c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "urbit-q"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "criterion",
  "naughty-strings",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 437c0aa..0c922b7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "urbit-q"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 authors = ["k2l8m11n2"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "Encode and decode data in Urbit's @q format"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 3d57da6..5625d00 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -81,11 +81,6 @@ pub fn encode(input: &[u8]) -> String {
 pub fn decode(input: &str) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
     let mut bytes = Vec::from(input);
     bytes.retain(|x| *x != ('-' as u8) && *x != ('~' as u8) && *x != (' ' as u8));
-    if bytes.len() == 3 {
-        bytes[0] = *consts::SUFFIXES_MAP.get(&bytes[..])?;
-        bytes.truncate(1);
-        return Some(bytes);
-    }
     match bytes.len() % 6 {
         0 => {
             for i in (0..bytes.len()).step_by(6) {