diff --git a/examples/js/loaders/ctm/ctm.js b/examples/js/loaders/ctm/ctm.js
index 72f1d19c6a51d964f42a4938197df4b2cfd05f57..daf21c0dd27a835551b56b564b818c96f37a957a 100755
--- a/examples/js/loaders/ctm/ctm.js
+++ b/examples/js/loaders/ctm/ctm.js
@@ -585,27 +585,16 @@ CTM.InterleavedStream.prototype.writeByte = function(value){
 CTM.Stream = function(data){
   this.data = data;
   this.offset = 0;
-  if (typeof data === 'string'){
-	this.readByte = this.readByteFromString;
-	this.readString = this.readStringFromString;
-  } else {
-	this.readByte = this.readByteFromArray;
-	this.readString = this.readStringFromArray;
-  }
 };
 
 CTM.Stream.prototype.TWO_POW_MINUS23 = Math.pow(2, -23);
 
 CTM.Stream.prototype.TWO_POW_MINUS126 = Math.pow(2, -126);
 
-CTM.Stream.prototype.readByteFromArray = function(){
+CTM.Stream.prototype.readByte = function(){
   return this.data[this.offset ++] & 0xff;
 };
 
-CTM.Stream.prototype.readByteFromString = function(){
-  return this.data.charCodeAt(this.offset ++) & 0xff;
-};
-
 CTM.Stream.prototype.readInt32 = function(){
   var i = this.readByte();
   i |= this.readByte() << 8;
@@ -636,7 +625,7 @@ CTM.Stream.prototype.readFloat32 = function(){
   return s * 0;
 };
 
-CTM.Stream.prototype.readStringFromArray = function(){
+CTM.Stream.prototype.readString = function(){
   var len = this.readInt32();
 
   this.offset += len;
@@ -644,15 +633,6 @@ CTM.Stream.prototype.readStringFromArray = function(){
   return this.data.subarray(this.offset - len, len);
 };
 
-
-CTM.Stream.prototype.readStringFromString = function(){
-  var len = this.readInt32();
-
-  this.offset += len;
-
-  return this.data.substr(this.offset - len, len);
-};
-
 CTM.Stream.prototype.readArrayInt32 = function(array){
   var i = 0, len = array.length;