diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a4596ab..e64616c 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-node_js:
-- "0.8"
-- "0.10"
-- "0.12"
-- "iojs"
 language: node_js
+node_js:
+- "6.14"
+- "7.10"
+- "8.12"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 2a49b63..e9fb4bc 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 
+1.3.0 / 2018-04-15
+==================
+
+ * removed bower support
+ * expose emitter on `exports`
+ * prevent de-optimization from using `arguments`
+
 1.2.1 / 2016-04-18
 ==================
 
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 87bb065..0000000
--- a/bower.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "emitter",
-  "description": "Event emitter",
-  "keywords": [
-    "emitter",
-    "events"
-  ],
-  "version": "1.2.1",
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "main": "index.js",
-  "homepage": "https://github.com/component/emitter",
-  "ignore": [
-    "**/.*",
-    "node_modules",
-    "bower_components",
-    "test",
-    "Makefile",
-    "package.json",
-    "component.json"
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/component.json b/component.json
index 009d846..b9b6a7b 100644
--- a/component.json
+++ b/component.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     "emitter",
     "events"
   ],
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.3.0",
   "scripts": [
     "index.js"
   ],
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index fa4faee..6d7ed0a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ Emitter.prototype.removeEventListener = function(event, fn){
       break;
     }
   }
+
+  // Remove event specific arrays for event types that no
+  // one is subscribed for to avoid memory leak.
+  if (callbacks.length === 0) {
+    delete this._callbacks['$' + event];
+  }
+
   return this;
 };
 
@@ -124,9 +131,14 @@ Emitter.prototype.removeEventListener = function(event, fn){
 
 Emitter.prototype.emit = function(event){
   this._callbacks = this._callbacks || {};
-  var args = [].slice.call(arguments, 1)
+
+  var args = new Array(arguments.length - 1)
     , callbacks = this._callbacks['$' + event];
 
+  for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) {
+    args[i - 1] = arguments[i];
+  }
+
   if (callbacks) {
     callbacks = callbacks.slice(0);
     for (var i = 0, len = callbacks.length; i < len; ++i) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ae5f7ad..403b8c0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "component-emitter",
   "description": "Event emitter",
-  "version": "1.2.1",
+  "version": "1.3.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "*",
@@ -20,5 +20,8 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "make test"
   },
-  "files": ["index.js", "LICENSE"]
+  "files": [
+    "index.js",
+    "LICENSE"
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/test/emitter.js b/test/emitter.js
index 02c3a0b..a1f1dda 100644
--- a/test/emitter.js
+++ b/test/emitter.js
@@ -142,6 +142,32 @@ describe('Emitter', function(){
 
       calls.should.eql([]);
     })
+
+    it('should remove event array to avoid memory leak', function() {
+      var emitter = new Emitter;
+      var calls = [];
+
+      function cb() {}
+
+      emitter.on('foo', cb);
+      emitter.off('foo', cb);
+
+      emitter._callbacks.should.not.have.property('$foo');
+    })
+
+    it('should only remove the event array when the last subscriber unsubscribes', function() {
+      var emitter = new Emitter;
+      var calls = [];
+
+      function cb1() {}
+      function cb2() {}
+
+      emitter.on('foo', cb1);
+      emitter.on('foo', cb2);
+      emitter.off('foo', cb1);
+
+      emitter._callbacks.should.have.property('$foo');
+    })
   })
 
   describe('.off()', function(){