diff --git a/app/multitenant/memcache_client.go b/app/multitenant/memcache_client.go
index a4443c342..5137e2d90 100644
--- a/app/multitenant/memcache_client.go
+++ b/app/multitenant/memcache_client.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package multitenant
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"sort"
@@ -183,13 +184,14 @@ func (c *MemcacheClient) FetchReports(ctx context.Context, keys []string) (map[s
 			continue
 		}
 		go func(key string) {
-			rep, err := report.MakeFromBytes(item.Value)
+			rep := report.MakeReport()
+			err := rep.ReadBinary(ctx, bytes.NewBuffer(item.Value), true, true)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Warningf("Corrupt report in memcache %v: %v", key, err)
 				ch <- result{key: key}
 				return
 			}
-			ch <- result{key: key, report: rep}
+			ch <- result{key: key, report: &rep}
 		}(key)
 	}
 
diff --git a/report/marshal.go b/report/marshal.go
index 2f51d16bf..044cf3750 100644
--- a/report/marshal.go
+++ b/report/marshal.go
@@ -129,33 +129,6 @@ func (rep *Report) ReadBytes(buf []byte, codecHandle codec.Handle) error {
 	return codec.NewDecoderBytes(buf, codecHandle).Decode(&rep)
 }
 
-// MakeFromBytes constructs a Report from a gzipped msgpack.
-func MakeFromBytes(buf []byte) (*Report, error) {
-	compressedSize := len(buf)
-	r, err := gzip.NewReader(bytes.NewBuffer(buf))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	buffer := bufferPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
-	buffer.Reset()
-	defer bufferPool.Put(buffer)
-	uncompressedSize, err := buffer.ReadFrom(r)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	log.Debugf(
-		"Received report sizes: compressed %d bytes, uncompressed %d bytes (%.2f%%)",
-		compressedSize,
-		uncompressedSize,
-		float32(compressedSize)/float32(uncompressedSize)*100,
-	)
-	rep := MakeReport()
-	if err := rep.ReadBytes(buffer.Bytes(), &codec.MsgpackHandle{}); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	return &rep, nil
-}
-
 // MakeFromFile construct a Report from a file, with the encoding
 // determined by the extension (".msgpack" or ".json", with an
 // optional ".gz").
diff --git a/report/marshal_test.go b/report/marshal_test.go
index b79be7fe8..227f8e23d 100644
--- a/report/marshal_test.go
+++ b/report/marshal_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package report_test
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 func TestRoundtrip(t *testing.T) {
 	r1 := report.MakeReport()
 	buf, _ := r1.WriteBinary()
-	bytes := append([]byte{}, buf.Bytes()...) // copy the contents for later
+	original := append([]byte{}, buf.Bytes()...) // copy the contents for later
 	r2, err := report.MakeFromBinary(context.Background(), buf)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
@@ -22,12 +23,13 @@ func TestRoundtrip(t *testing.T) {
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(r1, *r2) {
 		t.Errorf("%v != %v", r1, *r2)
 	}
-	r3, err := report.MakeFromBytes(bytes)
+	r3 := report.MakeReport()
+	err = r3.ReadBinary(context.Background(), bytes.NewBuffer(original), true, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(r1, *r3) {
-		t.Errorf("%v != %v", r1, *r3)
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(r1, r3) {
+		t.Errorf("%v != %v", r1, r3)
 	}
 }