diff --git a/lib/buffer.js b/lib/buffer.js
index de1efcb5ed..70fefedad8 100644
--- a/lib/buffer.js
+++ b/lib/buffer.js
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ function binaryWarn() {
 
 exports.INSPECT_MAX_BYTES = 50;
 
+// Make SlowBuffer inherit from Buffer.
+// This is an exception to the rule that __proto__ is not allowed in core.
+SlowBuffer.prototype.__proto__ = Buffer.prototype;
+
 
 function toHex(n) {
   if (n < 16) return '0' + n.toString(16);
@@ -40,20 +44,6 @@ function toHex(n) {
 }
 
 
-SlowBuffer.prototype.inspect = function() {
-  var out = [],
-      len = this.length;
-  for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-    out[i] = toHex(this[i]);
-    if (i == exports.INSPECT_MAX_BYTES) {
-      out[i + 1] = '...';
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-  return '<SlowBuffer ' + out.join(' ') + '>';
-};
-
-
 SlowBuffer.prototype.hexSlice = function(start, end) {
   var len = this.length;
 
@@ -302,24 +292,25 @@ function allocPool() {
 
 // Static methods
 Buffer.isBuffer = function isBuffer(b) {
-  return b instanceof Buffer || b instanceof SlowBuffer;
+  return b instanceof Buffer;
 };
 
 
 // Inspect
 Buffer.prototype.inspect = function inspect() {
   var out = [],
-      len = this.length;
+      len = this.length,
+      name = this.constructor.name;
 
   for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-    out[i] = toHex(this.parent[i + this.offset]);
+    out[i] = toHex(this[i]);
     if (i == exports.INSPECT_MAX_BYTES) {
       out[i + 1] = '...';
       break;
     }
   }
 
-  return '<Buffer ' + out.join(' ') + '>';
+  return '<' + name  + ' ' + out.join(' ') + '>';
 };
 
 
@@ -1143,32 +1134,3 @@ Buffer.prototype.writeDoubleLE = function(value, offset, noAssert) {
 Buffer.prototype.writeDoubleBE = function(value, offset, noAssert) {
   writeDouble(this, value, offset, true, noAssert);
 };
-
-SlowBuffer.prototype.readUInt8 = Buffer.prototype.readUInt8;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.readUInt16LE = Buffer.prototype.readUInt16LE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.readUInt16BE = Buffer.prototype.readUInt16BE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.readUInt32LE = Buffer.prototype.readUInt32LE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.readUInt32BE = Buffer.prototype.readUInt32BE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.readInt8 = Buffer.prototype.readInt8;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.readInt16LE = Buffer.prototype.readInt16LE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.readInt16BE = Buffer.prototype.readInt16BE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.readInt32LE = Buffer.prototype.readInt32LE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.readInt32BE = Buffer.prototype.readInt32BE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.readFloatLE = Buffer.prototype.readFloatLE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.readFloatBE = Buffer.prototype.readFloatBE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.readDoubleLE = Buffer.prototype.readDoubleLE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.readDoubleBE = Buffer.prototype.readDoubleBE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.writeUInt8 = Buffer.prototype.writeUInt8;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.writeUInt16LE = Buffer.prototype.writeUInt16LE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.writeUInt16BE = Buffer.prototype.writeUInt16BE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.writeUInt32LE = Buffer.prototype.writeUInt32LE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.writeUInt32BE = Buffer.prototype.writeUInt32BE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.writeInt8 = Buffer.prototype.writeInt8;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.writeInt16LE = Buffer.prototype.writeInt16LE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.writeInt16BE = Buffer.prototype.writeInt16BE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.writeInt32LE = Buffer.prototype.writeInt32LE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.writeInt32BE = Buffer.prototype.writeInt32BE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.writeFloatLE = Buffer.prototype.writeFloatLE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.writeFloatBE = Buffer.prototype.writeFloatBE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.writeDoubleLE = Buffer.prototype.writeDoubleLE;
-SlowBuffer.prototype.writeDoubleBE = Buffer.prototype.writeDoubleBE;