diff --git a/ipc/serde/Cargo.toml b/ipc/serde/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1663526e7..000000000
--- a/ipc/serde/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "ethcore-bin-serde"
-version = "0.1.0"
-authors = ["Nikolay Volf"]
-build = "build.rs"
-
-[lib]
-
-[dependencies]
-bincode = "*"
-serde = "0.7.0"
-ethcore-devtools = { path = "../../devtools" }
-
-[build-dependencies]
-syntex = "*"
-serde_codegen = "0.7.0"
diff --git a/ipc/serde/build.rs b/ipc/serde/build.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a147f446..000000000
--- a/ipc/serde/build.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +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/>.
-
-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/lib.rs.in");
-	let dst = Path::new(&out_dir).join("lib.rs");
-	let mut registry = syntex::Registry::new();
-	serde_codegen::register(&mut registry);
-	registry.expand("", &src, &dst).unwrap();
-}
diff --git a/ipc/serde/src/lib.rs b/ipc/serde/src/lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index af29c8f87..000000000
--- a/ipc/serde/src/lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +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/>.
-
-include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/lib.rs"));
diff --git a/ipc/serde/src/lib.rs.in b/ipc/serde/src/lib.rs.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 4235e6e76..000000000
--- a/ipc/serde/src/lib.rs.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +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/>.
-
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
-struct BinBox<T: FromRawBytes + BytesConvertable>([u8; mem::size_of<T>()]);