diff --git a/src/filter-valid-version-or-range.mjs b/src/filter-valid-version-or-range.mjs
index 68de737..6d31fa1 100644
--- a/src/filter-valid-version-or-range.mjs
+++ b/src/filter-valid-version-or-range.mjs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { validVersionOrRange } from './valid-version-or-range'
 
-const filterValidVersionOrRange = ({
-  input = throw new Error("'input' is required."),
-  ...options
-}) => input.filter((i) => validVersionOrRange({ input : i, ...options }))
+const filterValidVersionOrRange = (input = throw new Error("'input' is required."), options) =>
+  input.filter((i) => validVersionOrRange(i, options))
 
 export { filterValidVersionOrRange }
diff --git a/src/next-version.mjs b/src/next-version.mjs
index f49319e..f4db279 100644
--- a/src/next-version.mjs
+++ b/src/next-version.mjs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
  *    means to increment the pre-release ID from 'alpha' -> 'beta' -> 'rc' -> none. Passing in a `currVer` with any
  *    other prerelease ID with a 'pretype' increment will result in undefined results
  */
-const nextVersion = ({ currVer, increment }) => {
+const nextVersion = (currVer, increment) => {
   if (!semver.valid(currVer)) {
     const msg = `Invalid version '${currVer}'` + (semver.validRange(currVer) ? '; range not allowed.' : '.')
     throw createError.BadRequest(msg)
diff --git a/src/test/filter-valid-version-or-range.test.mjs b/src/test/filter-valid-version-or-range.test.mjs
index 1af694b..80a5c4f 100644
--- a/src/test/filter-valid-version-or-range.test.mjs
+++ b/src/test/filter-valid-version-or-range.test.mjs
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ describe('filterValidVersionOrRange', () => {
       ['1.0', '1.2.3', '2.3.9-alpha.12', '1.1.1-alpha.x', 'backlog', '1.2.x', '8.*', '*', '1.2.4.*', '^1.2.3'],
       ['1.2.3', '2.3.9-alpha.12', '1.1.1-alpha.x', '1.2.x', '8.*', '*']
     ]
-  ])('%p => %p', (input, expected) => expect(filterValidVersionOrRange({ input, onlyXRange : true })).toEqual(expected))
+  ])('%p => %p', (input, expected) => expect(filterValidVersionOrRange(input, { onlyXRange : true })).toEqual(expected))
 })
diff --git a/src/test/next-version.test.js b/src/test/next-version.test.js
index 659d9f0..5d3661f 100644
--- a/src/test/next-version.test.js
+++ b/src/test/next-version.test.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('nextVersion', () => {
     ['1.0.0-beta.1', 'rc', '1.0.0-rc.0'],
     ['1.0.0-beta.1', 'gold', '1.0.0'],
     ['1.0.0-rc.1', 'gold', '1.0.0']
-  ])("%s + '%s' -> %s", (currVer, increment, expected) => expect(ver.nextVersion({ currVer, increment })).toBe(expected))
+  ])("%s + '%s' -> %s", (currVer, increment, expected) => expect(ver.nextVersion(currVer, increment)).toBe(expected))
 
   test.each([
     ['1.0.0', 'prerelease'],
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe('nextVersion', () => {
     ['1.0.0', 'beta'],
     ['1.0.0', 'rc']
   ])('%s + %s -> throws an exception', (currVer, increment) =>
-    expect(() => ver.nextVersion({ currVer, increment })).toThrow())
+    expect(() => ver.nextVersion(currVer, increment)).toThrow())
 
   test.each([
     'prototype.1',
@@ -66,5 +66,5 @@ describe('nextVersion', () => {
   })
 
   test.each(['1.0.x', '^1.0.0', '1.0.0 - 1.x', '~1.0.0'])('raises except on range input %s', (currVer) =>
-    expect(() => ver.nextVersion({ currVer, increment : 'prerelease' })).toThrow(/range not allowed/i))
+    expect(() => ver.nextVersion(currVer, 'prerelease')).toThrow(/range not allowed/i))
 })
diff --git a/src/test/valid-version-or-range.test.mjs b/src/test/valid-version-or-range.test.mjs
index bce3fce..a2e254b 100644
--- a/src/test/valid-version-or-range.test.mjs
+++ b/src/test/valid-version-or-range.test.mjs
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import { validVersionOrRange } from '../valid-version-or-range'
 
 describe('validVersionOrRange', () => {
   test.each([
-    [{ input : '1.0.0' }, true],
-    [{ input : '1.0.0-alpha.0' }, true],
-    [{ input : '1.0.0-alpha.1' }, true],
-    [{ input : '1.0.0 - 2' }, true],
-    [{ input : '1.0.x', onlyXRange : true }, true],
-    [{ input : '1.0.0-alpha.1' }, true]
-  ])('%s => %s', (input, expected) => expect(validVersionOrRange(input)).toBe(expected))
+    ['1.0.0', undefined, true],
+    ['1.0.0-alpha.0', undefined, true],
+    ['1.0.0-alpha.1', undefined, true],
+    ['1.0.0 - 2', undefined, true],
+    ['1.0.x', { onlyXRange : true }, true],
+    ['1.0.0-alpha.1', undefined, true]
+  ])('%s => %s', (input, options, expected) => expect(validVersionOrRange(input, options)).toBe(expected))
 })
diff --git a/src/valid-version-or-range.mjs b/src/valid-version-or-range.mjs
index b35e6a3..44b5a8b 100644
--- a/src/valid-version-or-range.mjs
+++ b/src/valid-version-or-range.mjs
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ import semver from 'semver'
 
 import { xRangeRE } from './constants'
 
-const validVersionOrRange = ({
+const validVersionOrRange = (input = throw new Error("'input' is required."), {
   dissallowRanges = false,
   dissallowVersions = false,
-  input = throw new Error("'input' is required."),
   onlyXRange = false
-}) =>
+} = {}) =>
   !!((dissallowVersions !== true && semver.valid(input))
     || (onlyXRange !== true && dissallowRanges !== true && semver.validRange(input))
     || (onlyXRange === true && input.match(xRangeRE)))