diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 34e4f5c298de294fa5c1c1769b6489eb047bde9a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 5462c1f830bdbe79bf2b1fcfd811cd9799b4dd11..0fe21d2e1bb505b000774f43757a58d333f4f846 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*jshint node:true */
 'use strict';
 var Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer; // browserify
-var SlowBuffer = require('buffer').SlowBuffer;
+var SlowBuffer = require('buffer').SlowBuffer || Buffer; // Node 22+ removed SlowBuffer
 
 module.exports = bufferEq;