diff --git a/encode.go b/encode.go
index d908822..149e8ae 100644
--- a/encode.go
+++ b/encode.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"math"
 	"reflect"
-	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 )
 
@@ -236,33 +235,6 @@ func (e *Encoder) marshalMap(val reflect.Value) error {
 }
 
 func (e *Encoder) marshalStruct(val reflect.Value) error {
-	if val.NumField() == 0 {
-		e.buf.WriteString("de")
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	valType := val.Type()
-	keys := positionedFieldsByName{}
-
-	for i := 0; i < val.NumField(); i++ {
-		fieldOpt := extractFieldOptions(val, valType.Field(i).Name)
-		if len(fieldOpt) == 0 {
-			continue
-		}
-		keys = append(keys, positionedField{fieldOpt, i})
-	}
-	sort.Sort(keys)
-
-	e.buf.WriteByte('d')
-	for _, key := range keys {
-		e.marshalString(key.name)
-
-		value := val.Field(key.pos)
-		if err := e.marshal(value.Interface()); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	e.buf.WriteByte('e')
 	return nil
 }