diff --git a/src/clojure/monger/conversion.clj b/src/clojure/monger/conversion.clj
index c6507aa..01cb0ee 100644
--- a/src/clojure/monger/conversion.clj
+++ b/src/clojure/monger/conversion.clj
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
   DBObject
   (to-db-object [^DBObject input] input)
 
-  com.novemberain.monger.DBRef
-  (to-db-object [^com.novemberain.monger.DBRef dbref]
+  com.mongodb.DBRef
+  (to-db-object [^com.mongodb.DBRef dbref]
     dbref)
 
   Object
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 
   com.mongodb.DBRef
   (from-db-object [^com.mongodb.DBRef input keywordize]
-    (com.novemberain.monger.DBRef. input))
+    input)
 
   DBObject
   (from-db-object [^DBObject input keywordize]
diff --git a/src/java/com/novemberain/monger/DBRef.java b/src/java/com/novemberain/monger/DBRef.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f2c5435..0000000
--- a/src/java/com/novemberain/monger/DBRef.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-package com.novemberain.monger;
-
-import clojure.lang.IDeref;
-import com.mongodb.DB;
-import com.mongodb.DBObject;
-import org.bson.BSONObject;
-
-/**
- * Exactly as com.mongodb.DBRef but also implements Clojure IDeref for @dereferencing
- */
-public class DBRef extends com.mongodb.DBRef implements IDeref {
-
-  /**
-   * Creates a DBRef
-   * @param db the database
-   * @param o a BSON object representing the reference
-   */
-  public DBRef(DB db, BSONObject o) {
-    super(db , o.get("$ref").toString(), o.get("$id"));
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Creates a DBRef
-   * @param db the database
-   * @param ns the namespace where the object is stored
-   * @param id the object id
-   */
-  public DBRef(DB db, String ns, Object id) {
-    super(db, ns, id);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Creates a DBRef from a com.mongodb.DBRef instance.
-   * @param source The original reference MongoDB Java driver uses
-   */
-  public DBRef(com.mongodb.DBRef source) {
-    this(source.getDB(), source.getRef(), source.getId());
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public DBObject deref() {
-    return this.fetch();
-  }
-}