diff --git a/src/taoensso/nippy.clj b/src/taoensso/nippy.clj
index a1f4262..4b7cb7a 100644
--- a/src/taoensso/nippy.clj
+++ b/src/taoensso/nippy.clj
@@ -285,11 +285,8 @@
 (defn thaw-from-stream!
   "Low-level API. Deserializes a frozen object from given DataInputStream to its
   original Clojure data type."
-  [data-input-stream & [{:keys [read-eval?]}]]
-  (if (identical? *read-eval* read-eval?)
-    (thaw-from-stream data-input-stream)
-    (binding [*read-eval* read-eval?] ; Expensive
-      (thaw-from-stream data-input-stream))))
+  [data-input-stream]
+  (thaw-from-stream data-input-stream))
 
 (defn- try-parse-header [ba]
   (when-let [[head-ba data-ba] (utils/ba-split ba 4)]
@@ -300,11 +297,8 @@
 (defn thaw
   "Deserializes a frozen object from given byte array to its original Clojure
   data type. Supports data frozen with current and all previous versions of
-  Nippy. For custom types extend the Clojure reader or see `extend-thaw`.
-
-  WARNING: Enabling `:read-eval?` can lead to security vulnerabilities unless
-  you are sure you know what you're doing."
-  [^bytes ba & [{:keys [read-eval? password compressor encryptor legacy-opts readers]
+  Nippy. For custom types extend the Clojure reader or see `extend-thaw`."
+  [^bytes ba & [{:keys [password compressor encryptor legacy-opts readers]
                  :or   {legacy-opts {:compressed? true}
                         compressor  snappy-compressor
                         encryptor   aes128-encryptor}
@@ -323,7 +317,7 @@
                     ba (if compressor (compression/decompress compressor ba) ba)
                     stream (DataInputStream. (ByteArrayInputStream. ba))]
 
-                (thaw-from-stream! stream {:read-eval? read-eval?}))
+                (thaw-from-stream! stream))
 
               (catch Exception e
                 (cond
@@ -461,8 +455,7 @@
              :password     nil}))
 
 (defn thaw-from-bytes "DEPRECATED: Use `thaw` instead."
-  [ba & {:keys [read-eval? compressed?]
+  [ba & {:keys [compressed?]
          :or   {compressed? true}}]
   (thaw ba {:legacy-opts  {:compressed? compressed?}
-            :read-eval?   read-eval?
             :password     nil}))
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