diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 7c5ef3d..a6289bf 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: posterior
 Title: Tools for Working with Posterior Distributions
-Version: 1.6.0.9000
-Date: 2024-12-02
+Version: 1.6.0
+Date: 2024-06-28
 Authors@R: c(person("Paul-Christian", "Bürkner", email = "paul.buerkner@gmail.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
              person("Jonah", "Gabry", email = "jsg2201@columbia.edu", role = c("aut")),
              person("Matthew", "Kay", email = "mjskay@northwestern.edu", role = c("aut")),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 0ca3d52..7ae17cd 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-# posterior 1.6.0+
-
-### Enhancements
-
-* Convert lists of matrices to `draws_array` objects.
-
 # posterior 1.6.0
 
 ### Enhancements
diff --git a/R/as_draws.R b/R/as_draws.R
index 84c4e66..c52e75a 100644
--- a/R/as_draws.R
+++ b/R/as_draws.R
@@ -76,11 +76,10 @@ closest_draws_format <- function(x) {
     out <- "rvars"
   } else if (is_draws_list_like(x)) {
     out <- "list"
-  } else {
-    stop_no_call(
-      "Don't know how to transform an object of class '",
-      class(x)[1L], "' to any supported draws format."
-    )
+  }
+  else {
+    stop_no_call("Don't know how to transform an object of class ",
+          "'", class(x)[1L], "' to any supported draws format.")
   }
   paste0("draws_", out)
 }
diff --git a/R/as_draws_array.R b/R/as_draws_array.R
index cfe263b..ab123a4 100644
--- a/R/as_draws_array.R
+++ b/R/as_draws_array.R
@@ -130,11 +130,7 @@ as_draws_array.mcmc.list <- function(x, ...) {
 
 # try to convert any R object into a 'draws_array' object
 .as_draws_array <- function(x) {
-  if (is_matrix_list_like(x)) {
-    x <- as_array_matrix_list(x)
-  } else {
-    x <- as.array(x)
-  }
+  x <- as.array(x)
   new_dimnames <- list(iteration = NULL, chain = NULL, variable = NULL)
   if (!is.null(dimnames(x)[[3]])) {
     new_dimnames[[3]] <- dimnames(x)[[3]]
@@ -181,14 +177,7 @@ is_draws_array <- function(x) {
 
 # is an object looking like a 'draws_array' object?
 is_draws_array_like <- function(x) {
-  is.array(x) && length(dim(x)) == 3L ||
-    is_matrix_list_like(x)
-}
-
-# is an object likely a list of matrices?
-# such an object can be easily converted to a draws_array
-is_matrix_list_like <- function(x) {
-  is.list(x) && length(dim(x[[1]])) == 2L
+  is.array(x) && length(dim(x)) == 3L
 }
 
 #' Extract parts of a `draws_array` object