diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d70737a8..851e8abf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,14 +27,13 @@ edition = "2021"
 [features]
 default = ["std", "derive"]
 std = ["alloc", "serde?/std"]
-alloc = ["serde?/alloc", "serde-persistent-deserializer?/alloc"]
+alloc = ["serde?/alloc"]
 derive = ["bincode_derive"]
-serde = ["dep:serde", "serde-persistent-deserializer"]
+serde = ["dep:serde"]
 
 [dependencies]
 bincode_derive = { path = "derive", version = "2.0.0-rc.3", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
-serde-persistent-deserializer = { version = "0.2", default-features = false, optional = true }
 unty = "0.0.3"
 
 # Used for tests
diff --git a/src/features/serde/de_borrowed.rs b/src/features/serde/de_borrowed.rs
index 56378676..bbff29e9 100644
--- a/src/features/serde/de_borrowed.rs
+++ b/src/features/serde/de_borrowed.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use crate::{
 };
 use core::marker::PhantomData;
 use serde::de::*;
-use serde_persistent_deserializer::AsTransientDeserializer;
 
 /// Serde decoder encapsulating a borrowed reader.
 pub struct BorrowedSerdeDecoder<'de, DE: BorrowDecoder<'de>> {
@@ -14,6 +13,18 @@ pub struct BorrowedSerdeDecoder<'de, DE: BorrowDecoder<'de>> {
     pub(super) pd: PhantomData<&'de ()>,
 }
 
+impl<'de, DE: BorrowDecoder<'de>> BorrowedSerdeDecoder<'de, DE> {
+    /// Return a type implementing `serde::Deserializer`.
+    pub fn as_deserializer<'a>(
+        &'a mut self,
+    ) -> impl serde::Deserializer<'de, Error = DecodeError> + 'a {
+        SerdeDecoder {
+            de: &mut self.de,
+            pd: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'de, C: Config> BorrowedSerdeDecoder<'de, DecoderImpl<SliceReader<'de>, C>> {
     /// Creates the decoder from a borrowed slice.
     pub fn from_slice(
@@ -32,23 +43,6 @@ impl<'de, C: Config> BorrowedSerdeDecoder<'de, DecoderImpl<SliceReader<'de>, C>>
     }
 }
 
-impl<'de, DE: BorrowDecoder<'de>> AsTransientDeserializer<'de> for BorrowedSerdeDecoder<'de, DE> {
-    type Error = DecodeError;
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn as_transient_deserializer<'a>(&'a mut self) -> impl Deserializer<'de, Error = Self::Error> {
-        SerdeDecoder {
-            de: &mut self.de,
-            pd: PhantomData,
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn is_human_readable(&self) -> bool {
-        false
-    }
-}
-
 /// Attempt to decode a given type `D` from the given slice. Returns the decoded output and the amount of bytes read.
 ///
 /// See the [config](../config/index.html) module for more information on configurations.
@@ -62,7 +56,7 @@ where
 {
     let mut serde_decoder =
         BorrowedSerdeDecoder::<DecoderImpl<SliceReader<'de>, C>>::from_slice(slice, config);
-    let result = D::deserialize(serde_decoder.as_transient_deserializer())?;
+    let result = D::deserialize(serde_decoder.as_deserializer())?;
     let bytes_read = slice.len() - serde_decoder.de.borrow_reader().slice.len();
     Ok((result, bytes_read))
 }
@@ -76,7 +70,7 @@ where
 {
     let mut serde_decoder =
         BorrowedSerdeDecoder::<DecoderImpl<SliceReader<'de>, C>>::from_slice(slice, config);
-    T::deserialize(serde_decoder.as_transient_deserializer())
+    T::deserialize(serde_decoder.as_deserializer())
 }
 
 /// Decode a borrowed type from the given slice using a seed. Some parts of the decoded type are expected to be referring to the given slice
@@ -91,7 +85,7 @@ where
 {
     let mut serde_decoder =
         BorrowedSerdeDecoder::<DecoderImpl<SliceReader<'de>, C>>::from_slice(slice, config);
-    seed.deserialize(serde_decoder.as_transient_deserializer())
+    seed.deserialize(serde_decoder.as_deserializer())
 }
 
 pub(super) struct SerdeDecoder<'a, 'de, DE: BorrowDecoder<'de>> {
diff --git a/src/features/serde/de_owned.rs b/src/features/serde/de_owned.rs
index c4a9dd1a..c39a20ec 100644
--- a/src/features/serde/de_owned.rs
+++ b/src/features/serde/de_owned.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ use crate::{
     IoReader,
 };
 use serde::de::*;
-use serde_persistent_deserializer::AsTransientDeserializer;
 
 use super::de_borrowed::borrow_decode_from_slice;
 
@@ -15,6 +14,15 @@ pub struct OwnedSerdeDecoder<DE: Decoder> {
     pub(super) de: DE,
 }
 
+impl<DE: Decoder> OwnedSerdeDecoder<DE> {
+    /// Return a type implementing `serde::Deserializer`.
+    pub fn as_deserializer<'a>(
+        &'a mut self,
+    ) -> impl for<'de> serde::Deserializer<'de, Error = DecodeError> + 'a {
+        SerdeDecoder { de: &mut self.de }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl<'r, C: Config, R: std::io::Read> OwnedSerdeDecoder<DecoderImpl<IoReader<&'r mut R>, C>> {
     /// Creates the decoder from an `std::io::Read` implementor.
@@ -42,20 +50,6 @@ impl<C: Config, R: Reader> OwnedSerdeDecoder<DecoderImpl<R, C>> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<'de, DE: Decoder> AsTransientDeserializer<'de> for OwnedSerdeDecoder<DE> {
-    type Error = DecodeError;
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn as_transient_deserializer<'a>(&'a mut self) -> impl Deserializer<'de, Error = Self::Error> {
-        SerdeDecoder { de: &mut self.de }
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn is_human_readable(&self) -> bool {
-        false
-    }
-}
-
 /// Attempt to decode a given type `D` from the given slice. Returns the decoded output and the amount of bytes read.
 ///
 /// Note that this does not work with borrowed types like `&str` or `&[u8]`. For that use [borrow_decode_from_slice].
@@ -85,7 +79,7 @@ pub fn decode_from_std_read<'r, D: DeserializeOwned, C: Config, R: std::io::Read
 ) -> Result<D, DecodeError> {
     let mut serde_decoder =
         OwnedSerdeDecoder::<DecoderImpl<IoReader<&'r mut R>, C>>::from_std_read(src, config);
-    D::deserialize(serde_decoder.as_transient_deserializer())
+    D::deserialize(serde_decoder.as_deserializer())
 }
 
 /// Attempt to decode a given type `D` from the given [Reader].
@@ -98,7 +92,7 @@ pub fn decode_from_reader<D: DeserializeOwned, R: Reader, C: Config>(
     config: C,
 ) -> Result<D, DecodeError> {
     let mut serde_decoder = OwnedSerdeDecoder::<DecoderImpl<R, C>>::from_reader(reader, config);
-    D::deserialize(serde_decoder.as_transient_deserializer())
+    D::deserialize(serde_decoder.as_deserializer())
 }
 
 pub(super) struct SerdeDecoder<'a, DE: Decoder> {