diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c76da3f..aaaa334 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ Goose is a database migration tool. Manage your database's evolution by creating
 
 This is a fork of https://bitbucket.org/liamstask/goose with the following changes:
 - No config files
-- Default binary can migrate SQL files only, we dropped building .go files on-the-fly
-- Import goose pkg to run complex Go migrations with your own `*sql.DB` connection (no pkg dependency hell anymore)
+- Default goose binary can migrate SQL files only
+- We dropped building .go files on-the-fly in favor of the below
+- Import `github.com/pressly/goose` package
+    - To run complex Go migrations with your own `*sql.DB` connection via `*sql.Tx` transactions
+    - The pkg doesn't register any SQL drivers anymore (no `panic()` driver conflicts with your codebase!)
+    - The pkg doesn't have any vendor dependencies anymore
 
 # Install
 
diff --git a/dialect.go b/dialect.go
index 6070e73..536152b 100644
--- a/dialect.go
+++ b/dialect.go
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ package goose
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3"
 )
 
 // SqlDialect abstracts the details of specific SQL dialects
@@ -58,12 +56,8 @@ func (pg PostgresDialect) insertVersionSql() string {
 
 func (pg PostgresDialect) dbVersionQuery(db *sql.DB) (*sql.Rows, error) {
 	rows, err := db.Query("SELECT version_id, is_applied from goose_db_version ORDER BY id DESC")
-
-	// XXX: check for postgres specific error indicating the table doesn't exist.
-	// for now, assume any error is because the table doesn't exist,
-	// in which case we'll try to create it.
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, ErrTableDoesNotExist
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return rows, err
@@ -91,12 +85,8 @@ func (m MySqlDialect) insertVersionSql() string {
 
 func (m MySqlDialect) dbVersionQuery(db *sql.DB) (*sql.Rows, error) {
 	rows, err := db.Query("SELECT version_id, is_applied from goose_db_version ORDER BY id DESC")
-
-	// XXX: check for mysql specific error indicating the table doesn't exist.
-	// for now, assume any error is because the table doesn't exist,
-	// in which case we'll try to create it.
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, ErrTableDoesNotExist
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	return rows, err
@@ -123,10 +113,9 @@ func (m Sqlite3Dialect) insertVersionSql() string {
 
 func (m Sqlite3Dialect) dbVersionQuery(db *sql.DB) (*sql.Rows, error) {
 	rows, err := db.Query("SELECT version_id, is_applied from goose_db_version ORDER BY id DESC")
-
-	switch err.(type) {
-	case sqlite3.Error:
-		return nil, ErrTableDoesNotExist
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
+
 	return rows, err
 }
diff --git a/migrate.go b/migrate.go
index 0a6a8dd..2d4e582 100644
--- a/migrate.go
+++ b/migrate.go
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	ErrTableDoesNotExist = errors.New("table does not exist")
 	ErrNoPreviousVersion = errors.New("no previous version found")
 	goMigrations         []*Migration
 )
@@ -213,10 +212,7 @@ func EnsureDBVersion(db *sql.DB) (int64, error) {
 
 	rows, err := GetDialect().dbVersionQuery(db)
 	if err != nil {
-		if err == ErrTableDoesNotExist {
-			return 0, createVersionTable(db)
-		}
-		return 0, err
+		return 0, createVersionTable(db)
 	}
 	defer rows.Close()