diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ebbd5f3..90000fc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -207,25 +207,6 @@ version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a32fd6af2b5827bce66c29053ba0e7c42b9dcab01835835058558c10851a46b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bincode"
-version = "2.0.0-rc.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f11ea1a0346b94ef188834a65c068a03aec181c94896d481d7a0a40d85b0ce95"
-dependencies = [
- "bincode_derive",
- "serde",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "bincode_derive"
-version = "2.0.0-rc.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7e30759b3b99a1b802a7a3aa21c85c3ded5c28e1c83170d82d70f08bbf7f3e4c"
-dependencies = [
- "virtue",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -311,7 +292,6 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 name = "chgk_ledb"
 version = "1.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "bincode",
  "chgk_ledb_lib",
  "clap 4.3.16",
  "criterion 0.4.0",
@@ -329,7 +309,6 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-compression 0.4.1",
  "async_zip",
- "bincode",
  "chgk_ledb_lib",
  "clap 4.3.16",
  "criterion 0.5.1",
@@ -1717,12 +1696,6 @@ version = "0.9.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "virtue"
-version = "0.0.13"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9dcc60c0624df774c82a0ef104151231d37da4962957d691c011c852b2473314"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "walkdir"
 version = "2.3.3"
diff --git a/app/Cargo.toml b/app/Cargo.toml
index ef32ab3..3701aad 100644
--- a/app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/app/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,5 @@ clap = { version = "4.2.7", features = ["derive"] }
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.4.0"
 tempfile = "3.3"
-bincode = "^2.0.0-rc.2"
 serde="1.0"
 serde_derive="1.0"
diff --git a/app/benches/db_bench.rs b/app/benches/db_bench.rs
index 8c49a84..eabf312 100644
--- a/app/benches/db_bench.rs
+++ b/app/benches/db_bench.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate criterion;
-extern crate bincode;
 extern crate serde;
 extern crate serde_derive;
 extern crate serde_json;
@@ -16,18 +15,7 @@ use tempfile::{tempdir, NamedTempFile};
 
 use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-#[derive(
-    bincode::Encode,
-    bincode::Decode,
-    Clone,
-    Debug,
-    PartialEq,
-    Eq,
-    PartialOrd,
-    Ord,
-    Serialize,
-    Deserialize,
-)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 struct TestData {
     num1: u64,
     num2: u64,
diff --git a/app_async/Cargo.toml b/app_async/Cargo.toml
index e974234..b9fd21b 100644
--- a/app_async/Cargo.toml
+++ b/app_async/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ futures = "0.3"
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = { version = "0.5.1", features = ["async_tokio"]}
 tempfile = "3.3"
-bincode = "^2.0.0-rc.2"
 serde="1.0"
 serde_derive="1.0"
 futures = "0.3"
diff --git a/app_async/benches/async_bench.rs b/app_async/benches/async_bench.rs
index 0442a52..bb3f154 100644
--- a/app_async/benches/async_bench.rs
+++ b/app_async/benches/async_bench.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate criterion;
-extern crate bincode;
 extern crate serde;
 extern crate serde_derive;
 extern crate tempfile;
@@ -16,18 +15,7 @@ use tempfile::{tempdir, NamedTempFile};
 
 use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-#[derive(
-    bincode::Encode,
-    bincode::Decode,
-    Clone,
-    Debug,
-    PartialEq,
-    Eq,
-    PartialOrd,
-    Ord,
-    Serialize,
-    Deserialize,
-)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 struct TestData {
     num1: u64,
     num2: u64,