diff --git a/src/kdtree/buffors.rs b/src/kdtree/buffors.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 0fef572..0000000
--- a/src/kdtree/buffors.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-use ::kdtree::KdtreePointTrait;
-
-pub trait KdtreeBuffor<KdtreePoint: KdtreePointTrait> {
-    fn nearest_search(&self, node : &KdtreePoint) -> Option<KdtreePoint>;
-    fn has_neighbor_in_range(&self, node : &KdtreePoint) -> bool;
-}
-
-pub struct FakeKdtreeBuffor {
-}
-
-impl FakeKdtreeBuffor {
-    pub fn new() -> FakeKdtreeBuffor {
-        FakeKdtreeBuffor {}
-    }
-}
-
-impl<KdtreePoint: KdtreePointTrait> KdtreeBuffor<KdtreePoint> for FakeKdtreeBuffor {
-    fn nearest_search(&self, node : &KdtreePoint) -> Option<KdtreePoint> {
-        None
-    }
-    fn has_neighbor_in_range(&self, node : &KdtreePoint) -> bool {
-        false
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/kdtree/mod.rs b/src/kdtree/mod.rs
index 74502b1..93444d4 100644
--- a/src/kdtree/mod.rs
+++ b/src/kdtree/mod.rs
@@ -2,32 +2,23 @@
 pub mod test_common;
 
 pub mod distance;
-pub mod buffors;
 
 mod partition;
 mod bounds;
 
 use self::bounds::*;
 use self::distance::*;
-use self::buffors::*;
 
 pub trait KdtreePointTrait: Copy {
     fn dims(&self) -> &[f64];
 }
 
-pub struct Kdtree<KdtreePoint, KdtreeBuffor> {
+pub struct Kdtree<KdtreePoint> {
     nodes: Vec<KdtreeNode<KdtreePoint>>,
-    buffor : KdtreeBuffor,
 }
 
-impl<KdtreePoint : KdtreePointTrait> Kdtree<KdtreePoint, FakeKdtreeBuffor> {
-    pub fn new(mut points: &mut [KdtreePoint]) -> Kdtree<KdtreePoint, FakeKdtreeBuffor> {
-        Kdtree::new_with_buffor(&mut points, FakeKdtreeBuffor{})
-    }
-}
-
-impl<KdtreePoint: KdtreePointTrait, Buffor: KdtreeBuffor<KdtreePoint> > Kdtree<KdtreePoint, Buffor> {
-    pub fn new_with_buffor(mut points: &mut [KdtreePoint], buffor : Buffor) -> Kdtree<KdtreePoint, Buffor> {
+impl<KdtreePoint: KdtreePointTrait> Kdtree<KdtreePoint> {
+    pub fn new(mut points: &mut [KdtreePoint]) -> Kdtree<KdtreePoint> {
         if points.len() == 0 {
             panic!("empty vector point not allowed");
         }
@@ -36,7 +27,6 @@ impl<KdtreePoint: KdtreePointTrait, Buffor: KdtreeBuffor<KdtreePoint> > Kdtree<K
 
         let mut tree = Kdtree {
             nodes: vec![],
-            buffor: buffor
         };
 
         tree.build_tree(&mut points, &rect);
@@ -62,16 +52,10 @@ impl<KdtreePoint: KdtreePointTrait, Buffor: KdtreeBuffor<KdtreePoint> > Kdtree<K
     fn nearest_search_impl(&self, p: &KdtreePoint, searched_index: usize, best_distance_squared: &mut f64, best_leaf_found: &mut usize) {
         let node = &self.nodes[searched_index];
 
-        let dimension = node.dimension;
         let splitting_value = node.split_on;
-        let point_splitting_dim_value = p.dims()[dimension];
+        let point_splitting_dim_value = p.dims()[node.dimension];
 
-        let (closer_node, farther_node) =
-        if point_splitting_dim_value <= splitting_value {
-            (node.left_node, node.right_node)
-        } else {
-            (node.right_node, node.left_node)
-        };
+        let (closer_node, farther_node) = self.select_closer_farther_node(node, splitting_value, point_splitting_dim_value);
 
         if let Some(closer_node) = closer_node {
             self.nearest_search_impl(p, closer_node, best_distance_squared, best_leaf_found);
@@ -92,6 +76,14 @@ impl<KdtreePoint: KdtreePointTrait, Buffor: KdtreeBuffor<KdtreePoint> > Kdtree<K
         }
     }
 
+    fn select_closer_farther_node(&self, parent : &KdtreeNode<KdtreePoint>, parent_splits_dimension_on : f64, node_value_on_dimension : f64) -> (Option<usize>,Option<usize>) {
+        if node_value_on_dimension <= parent_splits_dimension_on {
+            (parent.left_node, parent.right_node)
+        } else {
+            (parent.right_node, parent.left_node)
+        }
+    }
+
 
     fn add_node(&mut self, p: KdtreePoint, dimension: usize, split_on: f64) -> usize {
         let node = KdtreeNode::new(p, dimension, split_on);
diff --git a/src/kdtree/partition.rs b/src/kdtree/partition.rs
index 5cb8e96..a0e922b 100644
--- a/src/kdtree/partition.rs
+++ b/src/kdtree/partition.rs
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[ignore]
     fn partition_given_midpoint_exactly_in_between_points_returns_smaller_index() {
         let p1 = Point2WithId::new(1, 2., 4.);
         let p2 = Point2WithId::new(1, 4., 6.);
@@ -197,7 +196,6 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[ignore]
     fn partition_given_midpoint_which_has_all_points_on_one_side_slides_split_plane_and_returns_index_to_closest_element() {
         let p1 = Point2WithId::new(1, 2., 4.);
         let p2 = Point2WithId::new(2, 4., 6.);