diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index bf38c55..b79c3e8 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -487,16 +487,11 @@ class HypercoreStorage {
     return new MemoryOverlay(this)
   }
 
-  snapshot (sharedLength = -1) {
+  snapshot () {
     assert(this.destroyed === false)
     const s = new HypercoreStorage(this.root, this.discoveryKey, this.corePointer, this.dataPointer, this.db.snapshot())
 
-    for (const dep of this.dependencies) {
-      const length = sharedLength !== -1 && sharedLength < dep.length ? sharedLength : dep.length
-      s.dependencies.push({ data: dep.data, length })
-
-      if (length === sharedLength) break
-    }
+    for (const dep of this.dependencies) s.dependencies.push(dep)
 
     return s
   }