diff --git a/grovedb/Cargo.toml b/grovedb/Cargo.toml
index 492666c0..f84735c0 100644
--- a/grovedb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/grovedb/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ name = "insertion_benchmark"
 harness = false
 
 [features]
-default = ["full", "serde-support"]
+default = ["full"]
 proof_debug = ["grovedb-merk/proof_debug"]
-serde-support = ["serde", "grovedb-merk/serde-support", "indexmap/serde"]
+serde = ["dep:serde", "grovedb-merk/serde", "indexmap/serde"]
 full = [
     "grovedb-merk/full",
     "thiserror",
diff --git a/grovedb/src/element/mod.rs b/grovedb/src/element/mod.rs
index afeadc26..9986c624 100644
--- a/grovedb/src/element/mod.rs
+++ b/grovedb/src/element/mod.rs
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ use grovedb_merk::estimated_costs::SUM_VALUE_EXTRA_COST;
 use grovedb_merk::estimated_costs::{LAYER_COST_SIZE, SUM_LAYER_COST_SIZE};
 #[cfg(feature = "full")]
 use grovedb_visualize::visualize_to_vec;
-#[cfg(feature = "serde-support")]
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::operations::proof::util::hex_to_ascii;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "full", feature = "verify"))]
@@ -73,10 +71,7 @@ pub type SumValue = i64;
 /// of how serialization works.
 #[derive(Clone, Encode, Decode, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
 #[cfg_attr(not(any(feature = "full", feature = "visualize")), derive(Debug))]
-#[cfg_attr(
-    feature = "serde-support",
-    derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)
-)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub enum Element {
     /// An ordinary value
     Item(Vec<u8>, Option<ElementFlags>),
diff --git a/grovedb/src/query/mod.rs b/grovedb/src/query/mod.rs
index ed3a49ca..07930c4e 100644
--- a/grovedb/src/query/mod.rs
+++ b/grovedb/src/query/mod.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ use grovedb_merk::proofs::query::{Key, SubqueryBranch};
 use grovedb_merk::proofs::Query;
 use grovedb_version::{check_grovedb_v0, error::GroveVersionError, version::GroveVersion};
 use indexmap::IndexMap;
-#[cfg(feature = "serde-support")]
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::operations::proof::util::hex_to_ascii;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "full", feature = "verify"))]
@@ -25,10 +23,7 @@ use crate::Error;
 
 #[cfg(any(feature = "full", feature = "verify"))]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Encode, Decode)]
-#[cfg_attr(
-    feature = "serde-support",
-    derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)
-)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 /// Path query
 ///
 /// Represents a path to a specific GroveDB tree and a corresponding query to
@@ -56,10 +51,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for PathQuery {
 
 #[cfg(any(feature = "full", feature = "verify"))]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Encode, Decode)]
-#[cfg_attr(
-    feature = "serde-support",
-    derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)
-)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 /// Holds a query to apply to a tree and an optional limit/offset value.
 /// Limit and offset values affect the size of the result set.
 pub struct SizedQuery {
diff --git a/grovedb/src/reference_path.rs b/grovedb/src/reference_path.rs
index 6610db89..fcfeee6e 100644
--- a/grovedb/src/reference_path.rs
+++ b/grovedb/src/reference_path.rs
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ use crate::Error;
 
 #[cfg(any(feature = "full", feature = "verify"))]
 #[cfg_attr(not(any(feature = "full", feature = "visualize")), derive(Debug))]
-#[cfg_attr(
-    feature = "serde-support",
-    derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)
-)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 /// Reference path variants
 #[derive(Hash, Eq, PartialEq, Encode, Decode, Clone)]
 pub enum ReferencePathType {
diff --git a/merk/Cargo.toml b/merk/Cargo.toml
index 11db75fa..cdb47bdf 100644
--- a/merk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/merk/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ optional = true
 [features]
 default = ["full"]
 proof_debug = []
-serde-support = ["serde", "indexmap/serde"]
+serde = ["dep:serde", "indexmap/serde"]
 full = ["rand",
         "time",
         "colored",
diff --git a/merk/src/proofs/query/mod.rs b/merk/src/proofs/query/mod.rs
index b35d9171..b1543153 100644
--- a/merk/src/proofs/query/mod.rs
+++ b/merk/src/proofs/query/mod.rs
@@ -69,10 +69,7 @@ pub type PathKey = (Path, Key);
 
 #[cfg(any(feature = "full", feature = "verify"))]
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, PartialEq, Encode, Decode)]
-#[cfg_attr(
-    feature = "serde-support",
-    derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)
-)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 /// Subquery branch
 pub struct SubqueryBranch {
     /// Subquery path
@@ -115,10 +112,7 @@ impl SubqueryBranch {
 /// `Query` represents one or more keys or ranges of keys, which can be used to
 /// resolve a proof which will include all the requested values.
 #[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, PartialEq)]
-#[cfg_attr(
-    feature = "serde-support",
-    derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize)
-)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct Query {
     /// Items
     pub items: Vec<QueryItem>,