diff --git a/packages/bot/src/bot.ts b/packages/bot/src/bot.ts
index ab825fa78..53790dcd3 100644
--- a/packages/bot/src/bot.ts
+++ b/packages/bot/src/bot.ts
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ export function createBot<
   }
 
   options.gateway.intents = options.intents
-  options.gateway.preferSnakeCase = true
 
   const id = getBotIdFromToken(options.token)
 
diff --git a/packages/gateway/src/Shard.ts b/packages/gateway/src/Shard.ts
index d74cb27d5..e09f2ca38 100644
--- a/packages/gateway/src/Shard.ts
+++ b/packages/gateway/src/Shard.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Buffer } from 'node:buffer'
 import zlib from 'node:zlib'
 import type { DiscordGatewayPayload, DiscordHello, DiscordReady, DiscordUpdatePresence } from '@discordeno/types'
 import { GatewayCloseEventCodes, GatewayOpcodes } from '@discordeno/types'
-import { camelize, delay, LeakyBucket, logger } from '@discordeno/utils'
+import { delay, LeakyBucket, logger } from '@discordeno/utils'
 import type { Decompress as FZstdDecompress } from 'fzstd'
 import NodeWebSocket from 'ws'
 import {
@@ -759,13 +759,7 @@ export class DiscordenoShard {
       this.previousSequenceNumber = packet.s
     }
 
-    this.forwardToBot(packet)
-  }
-
-  forwardToBot(packet: DiscordGatewayPayload): void {
-    // The necessary handling required for the Shards connection has been finished.
-    // Now the event can be safely forwarded.
-    this.events.message?.(this, camelize(packet))
+    this.events.message?.(this, packet)
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/gateway/src/manager.ts b/packages/gateway/src/manager.ts
index 910d26ed7..bee4d88e4 100644
--- a/packages/gateway/src/manager.ts
+++ b/packages/gateway/src/manager.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ export function createGatewayManager(options: CreateGatewayManagerOptions): Gate
     shardsPerWorker: options.shardsPerWorker ?? 25,
     spawnShardDelay: options.spawnShardDelay ?? 5300,
     spreadShardsInRoundRobin: options.spreadShardsInRoundRobin ?? false,
-    preferSnakeCase: options.preferSnakeCase ?? false,
     shards: new Map(),
     buckets: new Map(),
     cache: {
@@ -176,12 +175,6 @@ export function createGatewayManager(options: CreateGatewayManagerOptions): Gate
           makePresence: gateway.makePresence,
         })
 
-        if (gateway.preferSnakeCase) {
-          shard.forwardToBot = async (payload) => {
-            shard.events?.message?.(shard, payload)
-          }
-        }
-
         gateway.resharding.shards.set(shardId, shard)
 
         await shard.identify()
@@ -367,12 +360,6 @@ export function createGatewayManager(options: CreateGatewayManagerOptions): Gate
           makePresence: gateway.makePresence,
         })
 
-        if (this.preferSnakeCase) {
-          shard.forwardToBot = async (payload) => {
-            shard!.events.message?.(shard!, payload)
-          }
-        }
-
         this.shards.set(shardId, shard)
       }
 
@@ -582,11 +569,6 @@ export interface CreateGatewayManagerOptions {
    * @default 5300
    */
   spawnShardDelay?: number
-  /**
-   * Whether to send the discord packets in snake case form.
-   * @default false
-   */
-  preferSnakeCase?: boolean
   /**
    * Total amount of shards your bot uses. Useful for zero-downtime updates or resharding.
    * @default 1
diff --git a/packages/gateway/src/types.ts b/packages/gateway/src/types.ts
index e914f855f..702603368 100644
--- a/packages/gateway/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/gateway/src/types.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { Camelize, DiscordGatewayPayload, GatewayOpcodes } from '@discordeno/types'
+import type { DiscordGatewayPayload, GatewayOpcodes } from '@discordeno/types'
 import type Shard from './Shard.js'
 
 export enum ShardState {
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ export interface ShardEvents {
   /** The shard has successfully been identified itself with Discord. */
   ready?: (shard: Shard) => unknown
   /** The shard has received a message from Discord. */
-  message?: (shard: Shard, payload: Camelize<DiscordGatewayPayload>) => unknown
+  message?: (shard: Shard, payload: DiscordGatewayPayload) => unknown
 }
 
 export enum ShardSocketCloseCodes {