diff --git a/docs/_build/html/_sources/web3-eth.txt b/docs/_build/html/_sources/web3-eth.txt
index b9be66f6b1d..1c540b280b1 100644
--- a/docs/_build/html/_sources/web3-eth.txt
+++ b/docs/_build/html/_sources/web3-eth.txt
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ Example
 .. code-block:: javascript
 
     var Tx = require('ethereumjs-tx');
-    var privateKey = new Buffer('e331b6d69882b4cb4ea581d88e0b604039a3de5967688d3dcffdd2270c0fd109', 'hex')
+    var privateKey = Buffer.from('e331b6d69882b4cb4ea581d88e0b604039a3de5967688d3dcffdd2270c0fd109', 'hex')
 
     var rawTx = {
       nonce: '0x00',
diff --git a/docs/web3-eth.rst b/docs/web3-eth.rst
index c91bffbf1e6..1057fd2bd8b 100644
--- a/docs/web3-eth.rst
+++ b/docs/web3-eth.rst
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ Example
 .. code-block:: javascript
 
     var Tx = require('ethereumjs-tx');
-    var privateKey = new Buffer('e331b6d69882b4cb4ea581d88e0b604039a3de5967688d3dcffdd2270c0fd109', 'hex')
+    var privateKey = Buffer.from('e331b6d69882b4cb4ea581d88e0b604039a3de5967688d3dcffdd2270c0fd109', 'hex')
 
     var rawTx = {
       nonce: '0x00',
diff --git a/packages/web3-eth-accounts/src/index.js b/packages/web3-eth-accounts/src/index.js
index f3da6f30f34..31a671284ae 100644
--- a/packages/web3-eth-accounts/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/web3-eth-accounts/src/index.js
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ Accounts.prototype.decrypt = function (v3Keystore, password, nonStrict) {
         kdfparams = json.crypto.kdfparams;
 
         // FIXME: support progress reporting callback
-        derivedKey = scryptsy(new Buffer(password), new Buffer(kdfparams.salt, 'hex'), kdfparams.n, kdfparams.r, kdfparams.p, kdfparams.dklen);
+        derivedKey = scryptsy(Buffer.from(password), Buffer.from(kdfparams.salt, 'hex'), kdfparams.n, kdfparams.r, kdfparams.p, kdfparams.dklen);
     } else if (json.crypto.kdf === 'pbkdf2') {
         kdfparams = json.crypto.kdfparams;
 
@@ -315,19 +315,19 @@ Accounts.prototype.decrypt = function (v3Keystore, password, nonStrict) {
             throw new Error('Unsupported parameters to PBKDF2');
         }
 
-        derivedKey = cryp.pbkdf2Sync(new Buffer(password), new Buffer(kdfparams.salt, 'hex'), kdfparams.c, kdfparams.dklen, 'sha256');
+        derivedKey = cryp.pbkdf2Sync(Buffer.from(password), Buffer.from(kdfparams.salt, 'hex'), kdfparams.c, kdfparams.dklen, 'sha256');
     } else {
         throw new Error('Unsupported key derivation scheme');
     }
 
-    var ciphertext = new Buffer(json.crypto.ciphertext, 'hex');
+    var ciphertext = Buffer.from(json.crypto.ciphertext, 'hex');
 
     var mac = utils.sha3(Buffer.concat([ derivedKey.slice(16, 32), ciphertext ])).replace('0x','');
     if (mac !== json.crypto.mac) {
         throw new Error('Key derivation failed - possibly wrong password');
     }
 
-    var decipher = cryp.createDecipheriv(json.crypto.cipher, derivedKey.slice(0, 16), new Buffer(json.crypto.cipherparams.iv, 'hex'));
+    var decipher = cryp.createDecipheriv(json.crypto.cipher, derivedKey.slice(0, 16), Buffer.from(json.crypto.cipherparams.iv, 'hex'));
     var seed = '0x'+ Buffer.concat([ decipher.update(ciphertext), decipher.final() ]).toString('hex');
 
     return this.privateKeyToAccount(seed);
@@ -351,13 +351,13 @@ Accounts.prototype.encrypt = function (privateKey, password, options) {
     if (kdf === 'pbkdf2') {
         kdfparams.c = options.c || 262144;
         kdfparams.prf = 'hmac-sha256';
-        derivedKey = cryp.pbkdf2Sync(new Buffer(password), salt, kdfparams.c, kdfparams.dklen, 'sha256');
+        derivedKey = cryp.pbkdf2Sync(Buffer.from(password), salt, kdfparams.c, kdfparams.dklen, 'sha256');
     } else if (kdf === 'scrypt') {
         // FIXME: support progress reporting callback
         kdfparams.n = options.n || 8192; // 2048 4096 8192 16384
         kdfparams.r = options.r || 8;
         kdfparams.p = options.p || 1;
-        derivedKey = scryptsy(new Buffer(password), salt, kdfparams.n, kdfparams.r, kdfparams.p, kdfparams.dklen);
+        derivedKey = scryptsy(Buffer.from(password), salt, kdfparams.n, kdfparams.r, kdfparams.p, kdfparams.dklen);
     } else {
         throw new Error('Unsupported kdf');
     }
@@ -367,9 +367,9 @@ Accounts.prototype.encrypt = function (privateKey, password, options) {
         throw new Error('Unsupported cipher');
     }
 
-    var ciphertext = Buffer.concat([ cipher.update(new Buffer(account.privateKey.replace('0x',''), 'hex')), cipher.final() ]);
+    var ciphertext = Buffer.concat([ cipher.update(Buffer.from(account.privateKey.replace('0x',''), 'hex')), cipher.final() ]);
 
-    var mac = utils.sha3(Buffer.concat([ derivedKey.slice(16, 32), new Buffer(ciphertext, 'hex') ])).replace('0x','');
+    var mac = utils.sha3(Buffer.concat([ derivedKey.slice(16, 32), Buffer.from(ciphertext, 'hex') ])).replace('0x','');
 
     return {
         version: 3,
diff --git a/test/eth.accounts.create.js b/test/eth.accounts.create.js
index bf251c23578..ef423076f5f 100644
--- a/test/eth.accounts.create.js
+++ b/test/eth.accounts.create.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe("eth", function () {
                 var acc = ethAccounts.create();
 
                 // create ethereumjs-wallet account
-                var ethWall = ethereumWallet.fromPrivateKey(new Buffer(acc.privateKey.replace('0x',''),'hex'));
+                var ethWall = ethereumWallet.fromPrivateKey(Buffer.from(acc.privateKey.replace('0x',''),'hex'));
 
                 // compare addresses
                 assert.equal(acc.address, ethWall.getChecksumAddressString());
diff --git a/test/eth.accounts.encrypt-decrypt.js b/test/eth.accounts.encrypt-decrypt.js
index 7fc921b5938..3fa1bfaade5 100644
--- a/test/eth.accounts.encrypt-decrypt.js
+++ b/test/eth.accounts.encrypt-decrypt.js
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
 }
 var n = 256;
 var salt = '3a1012583f8be138537bc7cf8a50c925b6fcc01a9f7744c85a18fbdc07999f10';
-var iv = new Buffer('653195c3e2791ac53f3f19b125c18f8c', 'hex');
-var uuid = new Buffer('ff31ddc3e2791ac53f3f19b125c18fff', 'hex');
+var iv = Buffer.from('653195c3e2791ac53f3f19b125c18f8c', 'hex');
+var uuid = Buffer.from('ff31ddc3e2791ac53f3f19b125c18fff', 'hex');
 var pw = 'test';
 
 // tests from https://github.com/Gustav-Simonsson/go-ethereum/blob/7cc6b801e0967e5ebfa26b9f670675acea6e3a20/accounts/testdata/v3_test_vector.json
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ describe("eth", function () {
                 var acc = ethAccounts.create();
 
                 // create ethereumjs-wallet account
-                var ethWall = ethereumWallet.fromPrivateKey(new Buffer(acc.privateKey.replace('0x',''),'hex'));
+                var ethWall = ethereumWallet.fromPrivateKey(Buffer.from(acc.privateKey.replace('0x',''),'hex'));
 
                 // compare addresses
                 assert.equal(acc.address, ethWall.getChecksumAddressString());