diff --git a/proxy/proto.go b/proxy/proto.go
index 5cd927c48..16de94340 100644
--- a/proxy/proto.go
+++ b/proxy/proto.go
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ package proxy
 import "encoding/json"
 
 type JSONRpcReq struct {
-	Id     *json.RawMessage `json:"id"`
-	Method string           `json:"method"`
-	Params *json.RawMessage `json:"params"`
+	Id     json.RawMessage `json:"id"`
+	Method string          `json:"method"`
+	Params json.RawMessage `json:"params"`
 }
 
 type StratumReq struct {
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ type JSONPushMessage struct {
 }
 
 type JSONRpcResp struct {
-	Id      *json.RawMessage `json:"id"`
-	Version string           `json:"jsonrpc"`
-	Result  interface{}      `json:"result"`
-	Error   interface{}      `json:"error,omitempty"`
+	Id      json.RawMessage `json:"id"`
+	Version string          `json:"jsonrpc"`
+	Result  interface{}     `json:"result"`
+	Error   interface{}     `json:"error,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type SubmitReply struct {
diff --git a/proxy/proxy.go b/proxy/proxy.go
index 100338099..1ace5502a 100644
--- a/proxy/proxy.go
+++ b/proxy/proxy.go
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func (cs *Session) handleMessage(s *ProxyServer, r *http.Request, req *JSONRpcRe
 	case "eth_submitWork":
 		if req.Params != nil {
 			var params []string
-			err := json.Unmarshal(*req.Params, &params)
+			err := json.Unmarshal(req.Params, &params)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Printf("Unable to parse params from %v", cs.ip)
 				s.policy.ApplyMalformedPolicy(cs.ip)
@@ -269,12 +269,12 @@ func (cs *Session) handleMessage(s *ProxyServer, r *http.Request, req *JSONRpcRe
 	}
 }
 
-func (cs *Session) sendResult(id *json.RawMessage, result interface{}) error {
+func (cs *Session) sendResult(id json.RawMessage, result interface{}) error {
 	message := JSONRpcResp{Id: id, Version: "2.0", Error: nil, Result: result}
 	return cs.enc.Encode(&message)
 }
 
-func (cs *Session) sendError(id *json.RawMessage, reply *ErrorReply) error {
+func (cs *Session) sendError(id json.RawMessage, reply *ErrorReply) error {
 	message := JSONRpcResp{Id: id, Version: "2.0", Error: reply}
 	return cs.enc.Encode(&message)
 }
diff --git a/proxy/stratum.go b/proxy/stratum.go
index dfc84d2d8..ff3b61ac7 100644
--- a/proxy/stratum.go
+++ b/proxy/stratum.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func (cs *Session) handleTCPMessage(s *ProxyServer, req *StratumReq) error {
 	switch req.Method {
 	case "eth_submitLogin":
 		var params []string
-		err := json.Unmarshal(*req.Params, &params)
+		err := json.Unmarshal(req.Params, &params)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Println("Malformed stratum request params from", cs.ip)
 			return err
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ func (cs *Session) handleTCPMessage(s *ProxyServer, req *StratumReq) error {
 		return cs.sendTCPResult(req.Id, &reply)
 	case "eth_submitWork":
 		var params []string
-		err := json.Unmarshal(*req.Params, &params)
+		err := json.Unmarshal(req.Params, &params)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Println("Malformed stratum request params from", cs.ip)
 			return err
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (cs *Session) handleTCPMessage(s *ProxyServer, req *StratumReq) error {
 	}
 }
 
-func (cs *Session) sendTCPResult(id *json.RawMessage, result interface{}) error {
+func (cs *Session) sendTCPResult(id json.RawMessage, result interface{}) error {
 	cs.Lock()
 	defer cs.Unlock()
 
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func (cs *Session) pushNewJob(result interface{}) error {
 	return cs.enc.Encode(&message)
 }
 
-func (cs *Session) sendTCPError(id *json.RawMessage, reply *ErrorReply) error {
+func (cs *Session) sendTCPError(id json.RawMessage, reply *ErrorReply) error {
 	cs.Lock()
 	defer cs.Unlock()