diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d0712ea..b30aa12 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -278,15 +278,6 @@ version = "1.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8c3c1a368f70d6cf7302d78f8f7093da241fb8e8807c05cc9e51a125895a6d5b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bincode"
-version = "1.3.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b1f45e9417d87227c7a56d22e471c6206462cba514c7590c09aff4cf6d1ddcad"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -823,18 +814,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "educe"
-version = "0.5.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e4bd92664bf78c4d3dba9b7cdafce6fa15b13ed3ed16175218196942e99168a8"
-dependencies = [
- "enum-ordinalize",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.90",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "elliptic-curve"
 version = "0.13.8"
@@ -878,26 +857,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.90",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "enum-ordinalize"
-version = "4.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fea0dcfa4e54eeb516fe454635a95753ddd39acda650ce703031c6973e315dd5"
-dependencies = [
- "enum-ordinalize-derive",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "enum-ordinalize-derive"
-version = "4.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0d28318a75d4aead5c4db25382e8ef717932d0346600cacae6357eb5941bc5ff"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.90",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "enumflags2"
 version = "0.7.10"
@@ -4454,13 +4413,10 @@ version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "caf600e7036b17782571dd44fa0a5cea3c82f60db5137f774a325a76a0d6852b"
 dependencies = [
- "bincode",
  "bytes",
- "educe",
  "futures-core",
  "futures-sink",
  "pin-project",
- "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5232faa..a0f7430 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pin-project = "1"
 quinn = { package = "iroh-quinn", version = "0.12", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["macros", "sync"] }
-tokio-serde = { version = "0.9", features = ["bincode"], optional = true }
+tokio-serde = { version = "0.9", features = [], optional = true }
 tokio-util = { version = "0.7", features = ["rt"] }
 postcard = { version = "1", features = ["use-std"], optional = true }
 tracing = "0.1"