diff --git a/xdr/reader.go b/xdr/reader.go
index 314bcefd8..3f9cd0a3d 100644
--- a/xdr/reader.go
+++ b/xdr/reader.go
@@ -102,53 +102,11 @@ func (r *Reader) ReadBytesMaxInto(max int, dst []byte) []byte {
 }
 
 func (r *Reader) ReadBool() bool {
-	if r.err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	r.last = time.Now()
-	s := r.tot
-
-	var n int
-	n, r.err = io.ReadFull(r.r, r.b[:4])
-	r.tot += n
-	if r.err != nil {
-		if debug {
-			dl.Debugf("@0x%x: rd bool: %v", r.tot, r.err)
-		}
-		return false
-	}
-
-	v := r.b[3] != 0
-
-	if debug {
-		dl.Debugf("@0x%x: rd bool=%v (0x%04x)", s, v, v)
-	}
-	return v
+	return r.ReadUint32() != 0
 }
 
 func (r *Reader) ReadUint16() uint16 {
-	if r.err != nil {
-		return 0
-	}
-	r.last = time.Now()
-	s := r.tot
-
-	var n int
-	n, r.err = io.ReadFull(r.r, r.b[:4])
-	r.tot += n
-	if r.err != nil {
-		if debug {
-			dl.Debugf("@0x%x: rd uint16: %v", r.tot, r.err)
-		}
-		return 0
-	}
-
-	v := uint16(r.b[3]) | uint16(r.b[2])<<8
-
-	if debug {
-		dl.Debugf("@0x%x: rd uint16=%d (0x%04x)", s, v, v)
-	}
-	return v
+	return uint16(r.ReadUint32())
 }
 
 func (r *Reader) ReadUint32() uint32 {
diff --git a/xdr/writer.go b/xdr/writer.go
index dd9a4dc45..8dd827368 100644
--- a/xdr/writer.go
+++ b/xdr/writer.go
@@ -77,49 +77,15 @@ func (w *Writer) WriteBytes(bs []byte) (int, error) {
 }
 
 func (w *Writer) WriteBool(v bool) (int, error) {
-	if w.err != nil {
-		return 0, w.err
-	}
-
-	w.last = time.Now()
-	if debug {
-		dl.Debugf("wr uint16=%d", v)
-	}
-
-	w.b[0] = 0
-	w.b[1] = 0
-	w.b[2] = 0
 	if v {
-		w.b[3] = 1
+		return w.WriteUint32(1)
 	} else {
-		w.b[3] = 0
+		return w.WriteUint32(0)
 	}
-
-	var l int
-	l, w.err = w.w.Write(w.b[:4])
-	w.tot += l
-	return l, w.err
 }
 
 func (w *Writer) WriteUint16(v uint16) (int, error) {
-	if w.err != nil {
-		return 0, w.err
-	}
-
-	w.last = time.Now()
-	if debug {
-		dl.Debugf("wr uint16=%d", v)
-	}
-
-	w.b[0] = 0
-	w.b[1] = 0
-	w.b[2] = byte(v >> 8)
-	w.b[3] = byte(v)
-
-	var l int
-	l, w.err = w.w.Write(w.b[:4])
-	w.tot += l
-	return l, w.err
+	return w.WriteUint32(uint32(v))
 }
 
 func (w *Writer) WriteUint32(v uint32) (int, error) {