diff --git a/app/lib/muxrpc-ipc.js b/app/lib/muxrpc-ipc.js
index 77f9984..0460bd8 100644
--- a/app/lib/muxrpc-ipc.js
+++ b/app/lib/muxrpc-ipc.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 var ipc        = require('ipc')
 var muxrpc     = require('muxrpc')
 var pull       = require('pull-stream')
-var Serializer = require('pull-serializer')
 var pushable   = require('pull-pushable')
 var Api        = require('scuttlebot/lib/api')
 
@@ -17,9 +16,7 @@ module.exports = function (sbot, window) {
   var rpc = muxrpc(null, sbot.manifest, serialize)(api)
   rpc.authorized = { id: sbot.feed.id, role: 'master' }
   rpc.permissions({allow: null, deny: null})
-  function serialize (stream) {
-    return Serializer(stream, JSON, {split: '\n\n'})
-  }
+  function serialize (stream) { return stream }
 
   // setup rpc stream over ipc
   var rpcStream = rpc.createStream()
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index de8d01e..07e167d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     "multicb": "^1.1.0",
     "muxrpc": "^5.0.1",
     "pull-pushable": "^1.1.4",
-    "pull-serializer": "^0.3.2",
     "pull-stream": "^2.27.0",
     "scuttlebot": "^4.2.3",
     "ssb-config": "^1.0.3",