diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/VarInt.java b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/VarInt.java
index e315dde1..b8199bbd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/VarInt.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/google/bitcoin/core/VarInt.java
@@ -97,11 +97,6 @@ public class VarInt {
     }
 
     public byte[] encode() {
-        return encodeBE();
-    }
-
-
-    public byte[] encodeBE() {
         if (isLessThanUnsigned(value, 253)) {
             return new byte[]{(byte) value};
         } else if (isLessThanUnsigned(value, 65536)) {