diff --git a/src/BSON.jl b/src/BSON.jl
index f94c2b6..9d7cbd0 100644
--- a/src/BSON.jl
+++ b/src/BSON.jl
@@ -5,20 +5,7 @@ export bson
 
 using Core: SimpleVector, TypeName
 
-struct BSONDict <: AbstractDict{Symbol,Any}
-  d::Dict{Symbol,Any}
-  BSONDict(v...) = new(Dict{Symbol,Any}(v...))
-end
-# implement some of the needed Dict methods
-Base.length(bd::BSONDict) = length(bd.d)
-Base.isempty(bd::BSONDict) = length(bd.d)==0
-Base.setindex!(bd::BSONDict, v, k) = setindex!(bd.d, v, k)
-Base.getindex(bd::BSONDict, k) = getindex(bd.d, k)
-Base.iterate(bd::BSONDict) = iterate(bd.d)
-Base.iterate(bd::BSONDict, i) = iterate(bd.d, i)
-Base.get(bd::BSONDict, k, d) = get(bd.d, k, d)
-Base.delete!(bd::BSONDict, k) = delete!(bd.d, k)
-
+const BSONDict = Dict{Symbol,Any}
 const BSONArray = Vector{Any}
 const Primitive = Union{Nothing,Bool,Int32,Int64,Float64,String,Vector{UInt8},BSONDict,BSONArray}