diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 25b7762d3a12cf8a8927743b2ef782f17059928d..8377911e31caf2cc936b2696cdfd356e29383ce7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ stages:
 
 variables:
   NUSHELL_ARCH: "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl"
-  NUSHELL_VERSION: "0.93.0"
+  NUSHELL_VERSION: "0.95.0"
 
 workflow:
   rules:
diff --git a/.nushell/binary.nu b/.nushell/binary.nu
index 0fb28ee6f437f57bac788c5e18886fae325c5878..2f30ec71138b5209f0a6ee93369d052daeaf10e4 100644
--- a/.nushell/binary.nu
+++ b/.nushell/binary.nu
@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
-# decode a list of integer bytes into the underlying encoded string
-export def "bytes decode" [encoding: string = "utf-8"]: list<int> -> string {
-    each { into binary | bytes at 0..1 } | bytes collect | decode $encoding
-}
-
-# encode an encoded string into the underlying list of integer bytes
-export def "bytes encode" [encoding: string = "utf-8"]: string -> list<int> {
-    let bytes = $in | encode $encoding
-    seq 1 ($bytes | bytes length) | each {|i|
-        $bytes | bytes at ($i - 1)..($i) | into int
-    }
-}
-
 export def "bytes from_int" []: [int -> binary, list<int> -> binary] {
     each { into binary --compact } | bytes collect
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 35f4be8d36d37311ffd20688348dc654898d2feb..cbbd5afb26220b809b558166357a9062ffa7ffc0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ below is an example of how to use the binary application with Nushell:
 ```
 
 > **Note**  
-> requires Nushell 0.93.0 or later
+> requires Nushell 0.95.0 or later
 
 tests for the binary application can also be run with
 ```bash
diff --git a/komodo.nu b/komodo.nu
index 38b51c1af6dca9e3fec00544d328621aacd806aa..c23b7929f72a52313682a9d33eadb2b94d78467a 100644
--- a/komodo.nu
+++ b/komodo.nu
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export def "komodo prove" [
     }
 
     let type = $fec_params | describe --detailed | update columns { sort }
-    let expected = { type: record, lazy: false, columns: { k: int, n: int } }
+    let expected = { type: record, columns: { k: int, n: int } }
     if $type != $expected {
         error make {
             msg: $"(ansi red_bold)invalid `--fec-params`(ansi reset)",
diff --git a/tests/binary.nu b/tests/binary.nu
index 1cb755f6973d16eb5d880a2b8f5ff9f69bf2593e..21a5a736ba76fee4d6f52c1c925ad720558f79d5 100644
--- a/tests/binary.nu
+++ b/tests/binary.nu
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-use ../.nushell binary [
-    "bytes decode", "bytes encode", "bytes from_int", "bytes to_int"
-]
+use ../.nushell binary [ "bytes from_int", "bytes to_int" ]
 
 use std assert
 
@@ -18,8 +16,4 @@ def main [] {
 
     let bytes = random-bytes 1_000
     assert equal ($bytes | bytes from_int | bytes to_int) $bytes
-
-    const input = "hello world!"
-    assert equal ($input | bytes encode) $hello_world_int
-    assert equal ($input | bytes encode | bytes decode) $input
 }