diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7950ecc4a..62ec76bd4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -356,12 +356,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ethcore-util 1.2.0",
  "jsonrpc-core 2.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.3.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "rustc-serialize 0.3.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustc_version 0.1.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde_codegen 0.7.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde_json 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "syntex 0.32.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ws 0.4.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
diff --git a/signer/Cargo.toml b/signer/Cargo.toml
index 51b1b1e8d..170c9320e 100644
--- a/signer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/signer/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,13 +9,8 @@ build = "build.rs"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 rustc_version = "0.1"
-serde_codegen = { version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
-syntex = "^0.32.0"
 
 [dependencies]
-serde = "0.7.0"
-serde_json = "0.7.0"
-rustc-serialize = "0.3"
 jsonrpc-core = "2.0"
 log = "0.3"
 env_logger = "0.3"
@@ -23,10 +18,7 @@ ws = "0.4.7"
 ethcore-util = { path = "../util" }
 ethcore-rpc = { path = "../rpc" }
 
-serde_macros = { version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
 clippy = { version = "0.0.69", optional = true}
 
 [features]
-default = ["serde_codegen"]
-nightly = ["serde_macros"]
 dev = ["clippy"]
diff --git a/signer/build.rs b/signer/build.rs
index 2bcfc7da5..41b9a1b3e 100644
--- a/signer/build.rs
+++ b/signer/build.rs
@@ -19,34 +19,7 @@ extern crate rustc_version;
 use rustc_version::{version_meta, Channel};
 
 fn main() {
-	serde::main();
 	if let Channel::Nightly = version_meta().channel {
 		println!("cargo:rustc-cfg=nightly");
 	}
 }
-
-#[cfg(not(feature = "serde_macros"))]
-mod serde {
-    extern crate syntex;
-    extern crate serde_codegen;
-
-    use std::env;
-    use std::path::Path;
-
-    pub fn main() {
-        let out_dir = env::var_os("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
-
-        let src = Path::new("src/types/mod.rs.in");
-        let dst = Path::new(&out_dir).join("mod.rs");
-
-        let mut registry = syntex::Registry::new();
-
-        serde_codegen::register(&mut registry);
-        registry.expand("", &src, &dst).unwrap();
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "serde_macros")]
-mod serde {
-    pub fn main() {}
-}
diff --git a/signer/src/lib.rs b/signer/src/lib.rs
index 60f7e9aba..74018d9b1 100644
--- a/signer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/signer/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 #![warn(missing_docs)]
 #![cfg_attr(all(nightly, feature="dev"), feature(plugin))]
 #![cfg_attr(all(nightly, feature="dev"), plugin(clippy))]
-// Generated by serde
-#![cfg_attr(all(nightly, feature="dev"), allow(redundant_closure_call))]
 
 //! Signer module
 //!
@@ -44,10 +42,6 @@
 extern crate log;
 extern crate env_logger;
 
-extern crate serde;
-extern crate serde_json;
-extern crate rustc_serialize;
-
 extern crate ethcore_util as util;
 extern crate ethcore_rpc as rpc;
 extern crate jsonrpc_core;
diff --git a/signer/src/types/mod.rs b/signer/src/types/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index d5e15046a..000000000
--- a/signer/src/types/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015, 2016 Ethcore (UK) Ltd.
-// This file is part of Parity.
-
-// Parity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-
-// Parity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-// along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-//! Reusable types with JSON Serialization.
-
-#[cfg(feature = "serde_macros")]
-include!("mod.rs.in");
-
-#[cfg(not(feature = "serde_macros"))]
-include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/mod.rs"));
diff --git a/signer/src/types/mod.rs.in b/signer/src/types/mod.rs.in
deleted file mode 100644
index a59f81ece..000000000
--- a/signer/src/types/mod.rs.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2015, 2016 Ethcore (UK) Ltd.
-// This file is part of Parity.
-
-// Parity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-
-// Parity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-// along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-// TODO [ToDr] Types are empty for now. But they are about to come.