diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 365b483..a4b8ad0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,18 +35,16 @@ Simply pass `css` to your [Snabbdom](https://github.com/snabbdom/snabbdom) virtu
 ```
 The **CssModule** is essentially a wrapper around [TypeStyle style](https://typestyle.github.io/#/core/-style-) and accepts the same arguments: Any number of `NestedCssProperties` (or `Style`, which is an alias provided by [snabbdom-typestyle](https://github.com/sklingler93/snabbdom-typestyle)).
 
-Make sure to pass the **CssModule**, along with the **Props** and **Attributes** modules, when initializing [Snabbdom](https://github.com/snabbdom/snabbdom).
+Make sure to pass the **CssModule** *before* the **ClassModule** when initializing [Snabbdom](https://github.com/snabbdom/snabbdom).
 
 ```js
   import { init } from 'snabbdom';
-  import PropsModule from 'snabbdom/modules/props';
-  import AttrsModule from 'snabbdom/modules/attributes';
   import CssModule from 'snabbdom-typestyle';
+  import ClassModule from 'snabbdom/modules/class';
 
   const modules = [
-    PropsModule,
-    AttrsModule,
-    CssModule
+    CssModule,
+    ClassModule
   ];
 
   const patch = init(modules);
@@ -66,11 +64,8 @@ import modulesForHTML from 'snabbdom-to-html/modules';
 import { h } from 'snabbdom';
 
 const modules = [
-  modulesForHTML.attributes,
-  modulesForHTML.props,
-  modulesForHTML.class,
-  modulesForHTML.style,
-  serverSideCssModule
+  serverSideCssModule,
+  modulesForHTML.class
 ];
 
 const patch = init(modules);
@@ -87,14 +82,12 @@ Then, on the client-side, pass a selector for the style element rendered by the
 Doing this avoids duplication of the style element when the application is hydrated.
 
 ```js
-import PropsModule from 'snabbdom/modules/props';
-import AttrsModule from 'snabbdom/modules/attributes';
 import { makeClientSideCssModule } from 'snabbdom-typestyle';
+import ClassModule from 'snabbdom/modules/class';
 
 const modules = [
-  PropsModule,
-  AttrsModule,
-  makeClientSideCssModule('#styles')
+  makeClientSideCssModule('#styles'),
+  ClassModule
 ];
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index 79d93a3..b00f38c 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ const removeElement = (styleElementSelector: string) => {
 };
 
 const makeDomUpdater = (styleElementSelector: string | undefined = undefined) => (oldNode: VNode, newNode: VNode): void => {
-  if (newNode.elm) {
-    const elm: Element = newNode.elm as Element;
-    updateVNode(newNode, (name, value) => elm.setAttribute(name, value));
-  }
+  updateVNode(newNode);
 
   if (typeof styleElementSelector !== 'undefined') {
     removeElement(styleElementSelector);
diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
index 7f48dc3..88c7a82 100644
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { StyledVNodeData } from './types';
 import { updateVNode } from './utils';
 
 export const serverSideCssModule = (node: VNode, attributes: Map<string, number | string>): void =>
-  updateVNode(node, (name, value) => attributes.set(name, value));
+  updateVNode(node);
 
 export const collectStyles = (node: VNode): string => {
   const instance = createTypeStyle();
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 504f0f9..0907ee8 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -3,26 +3,12 @@ import { style } from 'typestyle';
 
 import { StyledVNodeData } from './types';
 
-const makeClassName = (oldClassName: string, newClassName: string): string => {
-  return `${oldClassName} ${newClassName}`.trim();
-};
-
-export const updateVNode = (node: VNode, attributeAccessor: (attribute: string, className: string) => void): void => {
-  const data: StyledVNodeData = node.data as StyledVNodeData;
+export const updateVNode = (vnode: VNode): void => {
+  const data: StyledVNodeData = vnode.data as StyledVNodeData;
 
   if (data.css) {
-    let previousClassName;
-
-    if (data.props && data.props.className) {
-      previousClassName = data.props.className;
-    } else if (node.sel) {
-      const dotIdx = node.sel.indexOf('.');
-      if (dotIdx >= 0) {
-        previousClassName = node.sel.slice(dotIdx + 1);
-      }
-    }
-
-    attributeAccessor('class', makeClassName(previousClassName || '', style(data.css)));
+    data.class = data.class || {};
+    data.class[style(data.css)] = true;
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/test/client.test.ts b/test/client.test.ts
index a4b132a..2761042 100644
--- a/test/client.test.ts
+++ b/test/client.test.ts
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ describe('makeModule', () => {
 
     it('calls style on create', () => {
       typestyle.style = jest.fn(typestyle.style);
-      module.create(mocks.vNodeWithElm(), mocks.vNodeWithElm());
+      module.create(mocks.vNode(), mocks.vNode());
       expect(typestyle.style.mock.calls.length).toBe(1);
     });
 
-    it('updates the className on create', () => {
-      const node = mocks.vNodeWithElm();
-      module.create(mocks.vNodeWithElm(), node);
-      expect(node.elm.class).toBe(mocks.hashedClassName());
+    it('updates class on create', () => {
+      const node = mocks.vNode();
+      module.create(mocks.vNode(), node);
+      expect(node.data.class[mocks.hashedClassName()]).toBe(true);
     });
 
     it('removes a given style element on create', () => {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ describe('makeModule', () => {
       element.id = mocks.styleElementSelector().replace('#', '');
       document.head.appendChild(element);
 
-      module.create(mocks.vNodeWithElm(), mocks.vNodeWithElm());
+      module.create(mocks.vNode(), mocks.vNode());
       expect(document.head.contains(element)).toBe(false);
     });
   });
diff --git a/test/mocks.ts b/test/mocks.ts
index b717ea7..5885118 100644
--- a/test/mocks.ts
+++ b/test/mocks.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ import { h } from 'snabbdom';
 
 export const styleElementSelector = () => '#styles';
 
-export const oldClassName = () => 'oldClassName';
-
-export const hashedClassName = () => 'oldClassName f1mb383g';
+export const hashedClassName = () => 'f1mb383g';
 
 export const collectedStyles = () => '.f1jvcvsh{color:red}.f1mb383g{color:blue}';
 
@@ -12,26 +10,9 @@ export const css = () => ({
   color: 'blue'
 });
 
-export const blankVNode = () => h('div');
-
 export const vNode = (alternateCss) => h('div', {
-    css: alternateCss || css(),
-    props: {
-      className: oldClassName()
-    }
-  });
-
-export const vNodeWithElm = () => {
-  const node = vNode();
-  node.elm = {};
-
-  node.elm.setAttribute = jest.fn((name, value) => {
-    node.elm[name] = value;
+    css: alternateCss || css()
   });
-
-  return node;
-};
-
 export const vNodeWithChildren = (childQuantity) => {
   const node = vNode();
   const child = vNode();
diff --git a/test/server.test.ts b/test/server.test.ts
index 9825633..1dc9b11 100644
--- a/test/server.test.ts
+++ b/test/server.test.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ import * as server from '../src/server';
 import * as mocks from './mocks';
 
 describe('serverSideCssModule', () => {
-  it('updates the class attribute', () => {
+  it('updates the class', () => {
+    const node = mocks.vNode();
     const attributes = new Map();
-    server.serverSideCssModule(mocks.vNode(), attributes);
-    expect(attributes.get('class')).toBe(mocks.hashedClassName());
+    server.serverSideCssModule(node, attributes);
+    expect(node.data.class[mocks.hashedClassName()]).toBe(true);
   });
 });