diff --git a/lib/go/thrift/rich_transport.go b/lib/go/thrift/rich_transport.go
index f3d819e..83fdf29 100644
--- a/lib/go/thrift/rich_transport.go
+++ b/lib/go/thrift/rich_transport.go
@@ -49,15 +49,9 @@
 	return r.TTransport.RemainingBytes()
 }
 
-var bytePool = newPool(nil, func(b *[1]byte) {
-	b[0] = 0
-})
-
 func readByte(r io.Reader) (c byte, err error) {
-	v := bytePool.get()
-	defer bytePool.put(&v)
-
-	n, err := r.Read(v[:])
+	v := [1]byte{0}
+	n, err := r.Read(v[0:1])
 	if n > 0 && (err == nil || errors.Is(err, io.EOF)) {
 		return v[0], nil
 	}
@@ -71,10 +65,7 @@
 }
 
 func writeByte(w io.Writer, c byte) error {
-	v := bytePool.get()
-	defer bytePool.put(&v)
-
-	v[0] = c
-	_, err := w.Write(v[:])
+	v := [1]byte{c}
+	_, err := w.Write(v[0:1])
 	return err
 }