diff --git a/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/type/types/StringType.java b/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/type/types/StringType.java
index 7a0ba098d..fc3a9f340 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/type/types/StringType.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/type/types/StringType.java
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 package us.myles.ViaVersion.api.type.types;
 
-import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import us.myles.ViaVersion.api.type.Type;
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
 public class StringType extends Type<String> {
     // String#length() (used to limit the string in Minecraft source code) uses char[]#length
     private static final int maxJavaCharUtf8Length = Character.toString(Character.MAX_VALUE)
-            .getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8).length;
+            .getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8).length;
 
     public StringType() {
         super(String.class);
@@ -21,9 +22,9 @@ public class StringType extends Type<String> {
         Preconditions.checkArgument(len <= Short.MAX_VALUE * maxJavaCharUtf8Length,
                 "Cannot receive string longer than Short.MAX_VALUE * "  + maxJavaCharUtf8Length + " bytes (got %s bytes)", len);
 
-        byte[] b = new byte[len];
-        buffer.readBytes(b);
-        String string = new String(b, Charsets.UTF_8);
+        String string = buffer.toString(buffer.readerIndex(), len, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        buffer.skipBytes(len);
+
         Preconditions.checkArgument(string.length() <= Short.MAX_VALUE,
                 "Cannot receive string longer than Short.MAX_VALUE characters (got %s bytes)", string.length());
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public class StringType extends Type<String> {
     public void write(ByteBuf buffer, String object) throws Exception {
         Preconditions.checkArgument(object.length() <= Short.MAX_VALUE, "Cannot send string longer than Short.MAX_VALUE (got %s characters)", object.length());
 
-        byte[] b = object.getBytes(Charsets.UTF_8);
+        byte[] b = object.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
         Type.VAR_INT.write(buffer, b.length);
         buffer.writeBytes(b);
     }
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/type/types/minecraft/NBTType.java b/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/type/types/minecraft/NBTType.java
index f46d994f6..4e9ac52e2 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/type/types/minecraft/NBTType.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/us/myles/ViaVersion/api/type/types/minecraft/NBTType.java
@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ public class NBTType extends Type<CompoundTag> {
             return null;
         } else {
             buffer.readerIndex(readerIndex);
-            ByteBufInputStream bytebufStream = new ByteBufInputStream(buffer);
-            try (DataInputStream dataInputStream = new DataInputStream(bytebufStream)) {
-                return (CompoundTag) NBTIO.readTag((DataInput) dataInputStream);
-            }
+            return (CompoundTag) NBTIO.readTag((DataInput) new ByteBufInputStream(buffer));
         }
     }
 
@@ -49,11 +46,7 @@ public class NBTType extends Type<CompoundTag> {
             buffer.writeByte(0);
         } else {
             ByteBufOutputStream bytebufStream = new ByteBufOutputStream(buffer);
-            DataOutputStream dataOutputStream = new DataOutputStream(bytebufStream);
-
-            NBTIO.writeTag((DataOutput) dataOutputStream, object);
-
-            dataOutputStream.close();
+            NBTIO.writeTag((DataOutput) bytebufStream, object);
         }
     }
 }