diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 949186b..f04e516 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2485,7 +2485,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rocket_contrib",
  "rust-argon2",
  "serde",
- "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
  "sqlx",
  "strum",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9cbcc16..d9bacc6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ tonic-build = "0.3"
 [dependencies]
 tonic = "0.3"
 prost = "0.6"
-serde = "1.0"
-serde_derive = "1.0"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 erased-serde = "0.3"
 thiserror = "1.0"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 12c2ab5..28ade65 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     let mut config = prost_build::Config::new();
     config.btree_map(&["."]);
-    config.type_attribute(".", "#[derive(Serialize)]");
+    config.type_attribute(".", "#[derive(::serde::Serialize)]");
     config.type_attribute(".", "#[serde(rename_all = \"camelCase\")]");
 
     tonic_build::configure()
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9549ffc..6178168 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@ extern crate rocket;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate rocket_contrib;
 
-// Seemingly necessary to get serde::Serialize into scope for Prost
-// code generation.
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate serde_derive;
-
 use log::{error, info};
 use rocket_contrib::serve::StaticFiles;
 use rocket_contrib::templates::Template;
diff --git a/src/models/characters.rs b/src/models/characters.rs
index f75476e..8b4e330 100644
--- a/src/models/characters.rs
+++ b/src/models/characters.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::errors::Error;
 use crate::models::proto::cofd::*;
 use crate::models::users::User;
 use prost::bytes::BytesMut;
-use serde_derive::Serialize;
+use serde::Serialize;
 use strum::{EnumIter, EnumString};
 
 /// Dynamic character data is an opaque container type that holds
diff --git a/src/models/convert.rs b/src/models/convert.rs
index ca34ad4..6b6a3ee 100644
--- a/src/models/convert.rs
+++ b/src/models/convert.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use super::characters::CharacterDataType;
 use rocket::http::RawStr;
 use rocket::request::FromFormValue;
+use serde::Serialize;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
diff --git a/src/models/users.rs b/src/models/users.rs
index 96278b1..9dad614 100644
--- a/src/models/users.rs
+++ b/src/models/users.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use argon2::{self, Config, Error as ArgonError};
 use rand::Rng;
 use rocket::outcome::IntoOutcome;
 use rocket::request::{self, FromRequest, Request};
-use serde_derive::Serialize;
+use serde::Serialize;
 
 pub(crate) fn hash_password(raw_password: &str) -> Result<String, ArgonError> {
     let salt = rand::thread_rng().gen::<[u8; 16]>();
diff --git a/src/routes/characters.rs b/src/routes/characters.rs
index 53ceb32..620ba03 100644
--- a/src/routes/characters.rs
+++ b/src/routes/characters.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use crate::errors::Error;
 use crate::models::characters::{Character, CharacterDataType, DynCharacterData, Visibility};
 use crate::models::users::User;
 use rocket_contrib::templates::Template;
+use serde::Serialize;
 
 mod edit;
 mod new;
diff --git a/src/routes/characters/new.rs b/src/routes/characters/new.rs
index 49bb788..9609155 100644
--- a/src/routes/characters/new.rs
+++ b/src/routes/characters/new.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use crate::models::{
 };
 use rocket::{request::Form, response::Redirect};
 use rocket_contrib::templates::Template;
+use serde::Serialize;
 use strum::IntoEnumIterator;
 
 /// Form submission for creating a new character.
diff --git a/src/routes/root.rs b/src/routes/root.rs
index b2cf619..1be77ca 100644
--- a/src/routes/root.rs
+++ b/src/routes/root.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use crate::models::characters::Visibility;
 use crate::models::{characters::StrippedCharacter, users::User};
 use rocket::response::Redirect;
 use rocket_contrib::templates::Template;
-use serde_derive::Serialize;
+use serde::Serialize;
 
 pub fn routes() -> Vec<rocket::Route> {
     routes![index, user_index, proto_test]