From 7353511da3fe386ce3c7ad1e6eda7ed3a302627f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ethers <ethereum@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 20:51:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] make ripe160 preconditions be consistent like the other
 hashing functions

---
 util/util.js | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/util/util.js b/util/util.js
index 40d72a017..a824d9c9c 100644
--- a/util/util.js
+++ b/util/util.js
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@ var sha512hmac = exports.sha512hmac = function(data, key) {
 };
 
 var ripe160 = exports.ripe160 = function(data) {
-  if (!Buffer.isBuffer(data)) {
-    throw new Error('arg should be a buffer');
-  }
   if (process.browser) {
     return new Buffer(hashjs.ripemd160().update(data).digest());
   }