diff --git a/common/crypto/Cargo.toml b/common/crypto/Cargo.toml
index ff002afa0d..ebd757518b 100644
--- a/common/crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ x25519-dalek = { workspace = true, features = ["static_secrets"], optional = tru
 ed25519-dalek = { workspace = true, features = ["rand_core"], optional = true }
 rand = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde_bytes = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-serde_crate = { version = "1.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["derive"], package = "serde" }
+serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 subtle-encoding = { workspace = true, features = ["bech32-preview"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 zeroize = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["zeroize_derive"] }
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ rand_chacha = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
 default = ["sphinx"]
-serde = ["serde_crate", "serde_bytes", "ed25519-dalek/serde", "x25519-dalek/serde"]
+serde = ["dep:serde", "serde_bytes", "ed25519-dalek/serde", "x25519-dalek/serde"]
 asymmetric = ["x25519-dalek", "ed25519-dalek", "zeroize"]
 hashing = ["blake3", "digest", "hkdf", "hmac", "generic-array"]
 symmetric = ["aes", "ctr", "cipher", "generic-array"]
diff --git a/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/encryption/mod.rs b/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/encryption/mod.rs
index cadb5437e4..7f501445b9 100644
--- a/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/encryption/mod.rs
+++ b/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/encryption/mod.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ pub enum KeyRecoveryError {
 
 #[derive(Zeroize, ZeroizeOnDrop)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "serde_crate"))]
 pub struct KeyPair {
     pub(crate) private_key: PrivateKey,
 
diff --git a/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/identity/mod.rs b/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/identity/mod.rs
index f65290f907..3536782e94 100644
--- a/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/identity/mod.rs
+++ b/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/identity/mod.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ pub enum Ed25519RecoveryError {
 /// Keypair for usage in ed25519 EdDSA.
 #[derive(Debug, Zeroize, ZeroizeOnDrop)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "serde_crate"))]
 pub struct KeyPair {
     private_key: PrivateKey,
 
diff --git a/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/identity/serde_helpers.rs b/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/identity/serde_helpers.rs
index 67f9dece70..927ca77ec7 100644
--- a/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/identity/serde_helpers.rs
+++ b/common/crypto/src/asymmetric/identity/serde_helpers.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use super::PublicKey;
 
 pub mod bs58_pubkey {
     use super::*;
-    use serde_crate::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serializer};
+    use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serializer};
 
     pub fn serialize<S: Serializer>(key: &PublicKey, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
         serializer.serialize_str(&key.to_base58_string())
diff --git a/common/crypto/src/lib.rs b/common/crypto/src/lib.rs
index 19aab595d4..4ab59949f0 100644
--- a/common/crypto/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/crypto/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,3 @@ pub use aes;
 pub use blake3;
 #[cfg(feature = "symmetric")]
 pub use ctr;
-
-#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-extern crate serde_crate as serde;
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/Cargo.toml b/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/Cargo.toml
index 0392445c41..37b3b01519 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repository = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
 rand = { workspace = true }
-serde_crate = { version = "1.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["derive"], package = "serde" }
+serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 generic-array = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["serde"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 zeroize = { workspace = true }
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ nym-sphinx-types = { path = "../types", features = ["sphinx"] }
 nym-topology = { path = "../../topology" }
 
 [features]
-serde = ["serde_crate", "generic-array"]
+serde = ["dep:serde", "generic-array"]
diff --git a/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/src/key.rs b/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/src/key.rs
index 869f713657..8ee996cd1d 100644
--- a/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/src/key.rs
+++ b/common/nymsphinx/acknowledgements/src/key.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ use std::fmt::{self, Display, Formatter};
 use zeroize::{Zeroize, ZeroizeOnDrop};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-use serde_crate::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "serde_crate"))]
 #[derive(Zeroize, ZeroizeOnDrop)]
 pub struct AckKey(CipherKey<AckEncryptionAlgorithm>);
 
diff --git a/contracts/coconut-bandwidth/Cargo.toml b/contracts/coconut-bandwidth/Cargo.toml
index 86a6a1bbfb..b810e74105 100644
--- a/contracts/coconut-bandwidth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/coconut-bandwidth/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.103", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 [features]
-schema-gen = ["nym-coconut-bandwidth-contract-common/schema", "cosmwasm-schema"]
\ No newline at end of file
+schema-gen = ["nym-coconut-bandwidth-contract-common/schema", "cosmwasm-schema"]