diff --git a/serialization.go b/serialization.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a92a434f..000000000
--- a/serialization.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-  "math"
-  "bytes"
-)
-
-func ToBinary(x int, bytes int) string {
-  if bytes == 0 {
-    return ""
-  } else {
-    return ToBinary(int(x / 256), bytes - 1) + string(x % 256)
-  }
-}
-
-func NumToVarInt(x int) string {
-  if x < 253 {
-    return string(x)
-  } else if x < int(math.Pow(2,16)) {
-    return string(253) + ToBinary(x, 2)
-  } else if x < int(math.Pow(2,32)) {
-    return string(253) + ToBinary(x, 4)
-  } else {
-    return string(253) + ToBinary(x, 8)
-  }
-}
-
-func RlpEncode(object interface{}) string {
-  if str, ok := object.(string); ok {
-    return "\x00" + NumToVarInt(len(str)) + str
-  } else if num, ok := object.(uint32); ok {
-    return RlpEncode(Uitoa(num))
-  } else if byt, ok := object.([]byte); ok {
-    return RlpEncode(string(byt))
-  } else if slice, ok := object.([]interface{}); ok {
-    var buffer bytes.Buffer
-    for _, val := range slice {
-      if v, ok := val.(string); ok {
-        buffer.WriteString(RlpEncode(v))
-      } else {
-        buffer.WriteString(RlpEncode(val))
-      }
-    }
-
-    return "\x01" + RlpEncode(len(buffer.String())) + buffer.String()
-  } else if slice, ok := object.([]string); ok {
-
-    // FIXME this isn't dry. Fix this
-    var buffer bytes.Buffer
-    for _, val := range slice {
-      buffer.WriteString(RlpEncode(val))
-    }
-    return "\x01" + RlpEncode(len(buffer.String())) + buffer.String()
-  }
-
-  return ""
-}
-
-type RlpSerializer interface {
-  MarshalRlp() []byte
-  UnmarshalRlp([]byte)
-}
-
diff --git a/serialization_test.go b/serialization_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index adb1b6e2d..000000000
--- a/serialization_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-  "testing"
-  "fmt"
-)
-
-func TestRlpEncode(t *testing.T) {
-  strRes := "\x00\x03dog"
-  str := RlpEncode("dog")
-  if str != strRes {
-    t.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Expected %q, got %q", strRes, str))
-  }
-
-  sliceRes := "\x01\x00\x03dog\x00\x03god\x00\x03cat"
-  slice := RlpEncode([]string{"dog", "god", "cat"})
-  if slice != sliceRes {
-    t.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Expected %q, got %q", sliceRes, slice))
-  }
-}