Revert "Merge pull request #256 from stbenjam/2571-before"

This reverts commit 8499ebdb7f892f2623295058649c67a5553d4732, reversing
changes made to 08b00d9229961d7b3c3cba997bfb35c8d47e4c4b.
Merge pull request #257 from apenney/revert-before

Revert "Merge pull request #256 from stbenjam/2571-before"