diff --git a/bson/__init__.py b/bson/__init__.py
index 35751263f..cd979b241 100644
--- a/bson/__init__.py
+++ b/bson/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import re
 import struct
 import warnings
 
-from bson.binary import Binary, UUIDLegacy
+from bson.binary import Binary
 from bson.code import Code
 from bson.dbref import DBRef
 from bson.errors import (InvalidBSON,
@@ -146,8 +146,6 @@ def _get_binary(data, position, as_class, tz_aware):
         length = length2
     if subtype in (3, 4) and _use_uuid:
         value = uuid.UUID(bytes=data[position:position + length])
-        if subtype == 3:
-            value = UUIDLegacy(value)
         position += length
         return (value, position)
     value = Binary(data[position:position + length], subtype)
diff --git a/bson/_cbsonmodule.c b/bson/_cbsonmodule.c
index 402bbad67..3fb9a3ee5 100644
--- a/bson/_cbsonmodule.c
+++ b/bson/_cbsonmodule.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ static PyObject* ObjectId = NULL;
 static PyObject* DBRef = NULL;
 static PyObject* RECompile = NULL;
 static PyObject* UUID = NULL;
-static PyObject* UUIDLegacy = NULL;
 static PyObject* Timestamp = NULL;
 static PyObject* MinKey = NULL;
 static PyObject* MaxKey = NULL;
@@ -190,7 +189,6 @@ static int _reload_object(PyObject** object, char* module_name, char* object_nam
  * Returns non-zero on failure. */
 static int _reload_python_objects(void) {
     if (_reload_object(&Binary, "bson.binary", "Binary") ||
-        _reload_object(&UUIDLegacy, "bson.binary", "UUIDLegacy") ||
         _reload_object(&Code, "bson.code", "Code") ||
         _reload_object(&ObjectId, "bson.objectid", "ObjectId") ||
         _reload_object(&DBRef, "bson.dbref", "DBRef") ||
@@ -1010,12 +1008,6 @@ static PyObject* get_value(const char* buffer, int* position, int type,
 
                 PyDict_SetItemString(kwargs, "bytes", data);
                 value = PyObject_Call(UUID, args, kwargs);
-                if (subtype == 3) {
-                    PyObject* ul;
-                    ul = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(UUIDLegacy, value, NULL);
-                    Py_DECREF(value);
-                    value = ul;
-                }
 
                 Py_DECREF(args);
                 Py_DECREF(kwargs);
diff --git a/bson/binary.py b/bson/binary.py
index 74167a412..138a6eabf 100644
--- a/bson/binary.py
+++ b/bson/binary.py
@@ -129,13 +129,21 @@ class UUIDLegacy(Binary):
       >>> id = uuid.uuid4()
       >>> db.test.insert({'uuid': Binary(id.bytes, 3)})
       ObjectId('...')
+      >>> db.test.find({'uuid': id}).count()
+      0
+      >>> db.test.find({'uuid': UUIDLegacy(id)}).count()
+      1
       >>> db.test.find({'uuid': UUIDLegacy(id)})[0]['uuid']
-      UUIDLegacy('...')
-      >>> db.test.find({'uuid': UUIDLegacy(id)})[0]['uuid'].uuid
       UUID('...')
       >>>
       >>> # Convert from subtype 3 to subtype 4
-      >>> db.test.update({'uuid': UUIDLegacy(id)}, {'$set': {'uuid': id}})
+      >>> doc = db.test.find_one({'uuid': UUIDLegacy(id)})
+      >>> db.test.save(doc)
+      ObjectId('...')
+      >>> db.test.find({'uuid': UUIDLegacy(id)}).count()
+      0
+      >>> db.test.find({'uuid': {'$in': [UUIDLegacy(id), id]}}).count()
+      1
       >>> db.test.find_one({'uuid': id})['uuid']
       UUID('...')
 
diff --git a/test/test_binary.py b/test/test_binary.py
index 0129945b5..350fc1015 100644
--- a/test/test_binary.py
+++ b/test/test_binary.py
@@ -91,26 +91,25 @@ class TestBinary(unittest.TestCase):
         coll.drop()
 
         uu = uuid.uuid4()
-        ul = UUIDLegacy(uu)
-        coll.insert({'uuid': uu})
         coll.insert({'uuid': uuid.uuid4()})
         coll.insert({'uuid': uuid.uuid4()})
-        coll.insert({'uuid': ul})
+        coll.insert({'uuid': Binary(uu.bytes, 3)})
 
         # Test UUIDLegacy queries.
-        cur = coll.find({'uuid': ul})
+        self.assertEquals(0, coll.find({'uuid': uu}).count())
+        cur = coll.find({'uuid': UUIDLegacy(uu)})
         self.assertEquals(1, cur.count())
         retrieved = cur.next()['uuid']
-        self.assertEquals(ul, retrieved)
-        self.assertEquals(uu, retrieved.uuid)
+        self.assertEquals(uu, retrieved)
 
         # Test regular UUID queries.
+        coll.insert({'uuid': uu})
         cur = coll.find({'uuid': uu})
         self.assertEquals(1, cur.count())
         self.assertEquals(uu, cur.next()['uuid'])
 
         # Test both.
-        cur = coll.find({'uuid': {'$in': [uu, ul]}})
+        cur = coll.find({'uuid': {'$in': [uu, UUIDLegacy(uu)]}})
         self.assertEquals(2, cur.count())
         coll.drop()
 
diff --git a/test/test_bson.py b/test/test_bson.py
index 9894656fc..944b51152 100644
--- a/test/test_bson.py
+++ b/test/test_bson.py
@@ -285,11 +285,10 @@ class TestBSON(unittest.TestCase):
         id = uuid.uuid4()
         legacy = UUIDLegacy(id)
         self.assertEquals(3, legacy.subtype)
-        transformed = (BSON.encode({"legacy": legacy})).decode()["legacy"]
-        self.assert_(isinstance(transformed, UUIDLegacy))
-        self.assertEqual(legacy, transformed)
-        self.assertEqual(id, transformed.uuid)
-        self.assertNotEqual(UUIDLegacy(uuid.uuid4()), transformed)
+        transformed = (BSON.encode({"uuid": legacy})).decode()["uuid"]
+        self.assert_(isinstance(transformed, uuid.UUID))
+        self.assertEqual(id, transformed)
+        self.assertNotEqual(UUIDLegacy(uuid.uuid4()), UUIDLegacy(transformed))
 
     # The C extension was segfaulting on unicode RegExs, so we have this test
     # that doesn't really test anything but the lack of a segfault.