diff --git a/milli/src/heed_codec/roaring_bitmap/bo_roaring_bitmap_codec.rs b/milli/src/heed_codec/roaring_bitmap/bo_roaring_bitmap_codec.rs
index 7ceb69f9a..8d1eb79dd 100644
--- a/milli/src/heed_codec/roaring_bitmap/bo_roaring_bitmap_codec.rs
+++ b/milli/src/heed_codec/roaring_bitmap/bo_roaring_bitmap_codec.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use std::borrow::Cow;
-use byteorder::{NativeEndian, ReadBytesExt, WriteBytesExt};
+use std::convert::TryInto;
+use std::mem::size_of;
+
 use roaring::RoaringBitmap;
 
 pub struct BoRoaringBitmapCodec;
@@ -7,11 +9,14 @@ pub struct BoRoaringBitmapCodec;
 impl heed::BytesDecode<'_> for BoRoaringBitmapCodec {
     type DItem = RoaringBitmap;
 
-    fn bytes_decode(mut bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<Self::DItem> {
+    fn bytes_decode(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<Self::DItem> {
         let mut bitmap = RoaringBitmap::new();
-        while let Ok(integer) = bytes.read_u32::<NativeEndian>() {
-            bitmap.insert(integer);
+
+        for chunk in bytes.chunks(size_of::<u32>()) {
+            let bytes = chunk.try_into().ok()?;
+            bitmap.push(u32::from_ne_bytes(bytes));
         }
+
         Some(bitmap)
     }
 }
@@ -20,10 +25,12 @@ impl heed::BytesEncode<'_> for BoRoaringBitmapCodec {
     type EItem = RoaringBitmap;
 
     fn bytes_encode(item: &Self::EItem) -> Option<Cow<[u8]>> {
-        let mut bytes = Vec::with_capacity(item.len() as usize * 4);
-        for integer in item.iter() {
-            bytes.write_u32::<NativeEndian>(integer).ok()?;
-        }
-        Some(Cow::Owned(bytes))
+        let mut out = Vec::with_capacity(item.len() as usize * size_of::<u32>());
+
+        item.iter()
+            .map(|i| i.to_ne_bytes())
+            .for_each(|bytes| out.extend_from_slice(&bytes));
+
+        Some(Cow::Owned(out))
     }
 }