diff --git a/codec_test.go b/codec_test.go
index 879fb66..97a6130 100644
--- a/codec_test.go
+++ b/codec_test.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func TestFrameFlatten(t *testing.T) {
 		Name: &codec.Frame{Data: []byte("test")},
 	}
 
-	buf, err := NewCodec().Marshal(s)
+	buf, err := NewCodec(codec.Flatten(true)).Marshal(s)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -36,15 +36,3 @@ func TestFrameFlatten(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("bytes not equal %s != %s", buf, `test`)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestReadBody(t *testing.T) {
-	s := &struct {
-		Name string
-	}{}
-	c := NewCodec()
-	b := bytes.NewReader(nil)
-	err := c.ReadBody(b, s)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ce6da40..4aef525 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module go.unistack.org/micro-codec-urlencode/v3
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	go.unistack.org/micro-proto/v3 v3.3.1
-	go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.14
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
+	go.unistack.org/micro-proto/v3 v3.4.1
+	go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.88
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3a09de1..80616d0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ github.com/xeipuuv/gojsonschema v1.2.0/go.mod h1:anYRn/JVcOK2ZgGU+IjEV4nwlhoK5sQ
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqeYNgFYFoEGnI=
 go.unistack.org/micro-proto/v3 v3.3.1 h1:nQ0MtWvP2G3QrpOgawVOPhpZZYkq6umTGDqs8FxJYIo=
 go.unistack.org/micro-proto/v3 v3.3.1/go.mod h1:cwRyv8uInM2I7EbU7O8Fx2Ls3N90Uw9UCCcq4olOdfE=
+go.unistack.org/micro-proto/v3 v3.4.1 h1:UTjLSRz2YZuaHk9iSlVqqsA50JQNAEK2ZFboGqtEa9Q=
+go.unistack.org/micro-proto/v3 v3.4.1/go.mod h1:okx/cnOhzuCX0ggl/vToatbCupi0O44diiiLLsZ93Zo=
 go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.14 h1:7fgLpwGlCN67twhwtngJDEQvrMkUBDSA5vzZqxIDqNE=
 go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.14/go.mod h1:uMAc0U/x7dmtICCrblGf0ZLgYegu3VwQAquu+OFCw1Q=
+go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.88 h1:MxlzP+77Y6Kphb3lzHxROL4XfE/WdCQMQpnPv4D9Z8U=
+go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.88/go.mod h1:erMgt3Bl7vQQ0e9UpQyR5NlLiZ9pKeEJ9+1tfYFaqUg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20190121172915-509febef88a4/go.mod h1:CJ0aWSM057203Lf6IL+f9T1iT9GByDxfZKAQTCR3kQA=
@@ -139,6 +143,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQ
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0 h1:pPC6BG5ex8PDFnkbrGU3EixyhKcQ2aDuBS36lqK/C7I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 h1:6xV6lTsCfpGD21XK49h7MhtcApnLqkfYgPcdHftf6hg=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/urlencode.go b/urlencode.go
index 2ccaa0e..640474f 100644
--- a/urlencode.go
+++ b/urlencode.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package urlencode
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"io"
 
 	pb "go.unistack.org/micro-proto/v3/codec"
 	"go.unistack.org/micro/v3/codec"
@@ -17,10 +16,6 @@ type urlencodeCodec struct {
 
 var _ codec.Codec = &urlencodeCodec{}
 
-const (
-	flattenTag = "flatten"
-)
-
 func (c *urlencodeCodec) Marshal(v interface{}, opts ...codec.Option) ([]byte, error) {
 	if v == nil {
 		return nil, nil
@@ -30,8 +25,11 @@ func (c *urlencodeCodec) Marshal(v interface{}, opts ...codec.Option) ([]byte, e
 	for _, o := range opts {
 		o(&options)
 	}
-	if nv, nerr := rutil.StructFieldByTag(v, options.TagName, flattenTag); nerr == nil {
-		v = nv
+
+	if options.Flatten {
+		if nv, nerr := rutil.StructFieldByTag(v, options.TagName, "flatten"); nerr == nil {
+			v = nv
+		}
 	}
 
 	switch m := v.(type) {
@@ -59,8 +57,10 @@ func (c *urlencodeCodec) Unmarshal(b []byte, v interface{}, opts ...codec.Option
 		o(&options)
 	}
 
-	if nv, nerr := rutil.StructFieldByTag(v, options.TagName, flattenTag); nerr == nil {
-		v = nv
+	if options.Flatten {
+		if nv, nerr := rutil.StructFieldByTag(v, options.TagName, "flatten"); nerr == nil {
+			v = nv
+		}
 	}
 
 	switch m := v.(type) {
@@ -90,39 +90,6 @@ func (c *urlencodeCodec) Unmarshal(b []byte, v interface{}, opts ...codec.Option
 	return rutil.Merge(v, rutil.FlattenMap(mp), rutil.Tags([]string{"protobuf", "json", "xml", "yaml"}), rutil.SliceAppend(true))
 }
 
-func (c *urlencodeCodec) ReadHeader(conn io.Reader, m *codec.Message, t codec.MessageType) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (c *urlencodeCodec) ReadBody(conn io.Reader, v interface{}) error {
-	if v == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	buf, err := io.ReadAll(conn)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	} else if len(buf) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	return c.Unmarshal(buf, v)
-}
-
-func (c *urlencodeCodec) Write(conn io.Writer, m *codec.Message, v interface{}) error {
-	if v == nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	buf, err := c.Marshal(v)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	_, err = conn.Write(buf)
-	return err
-}
-
 func (c *urlencodeCodec) String() string {
 	return "urlencode"
 }