diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 22adc10..b4f59a0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -454,19 +454,6 @@ version = "0.3.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7762d17f1241643615821a8455a0b2c3e803784b058693d990b11f2dce25a0ca"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dashmap"
-version = "5.5.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "978747c1d849a7d2ee5e8adc0159961c48fb7e5db2f06af6723b80123bb53856"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "hashbrown 0.14.3",
- "lock_api",
- "once_cell",
- "parking_lot_core",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "derive_arbitrary"
 version = "1.3.2"
@@ -527,7 +514,7 @@ checksum = "d4029edd3e734da6fe05b6cd7bd2960760a616bd2ddd0d59a0124746d6272af0"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "redox_syscall 0.3.5",
+ "redox_syscall",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
@@ -550,83 +537,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "futures"
-version = "0.3.29"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "da0290714b38af9b4a7b094b8a37086d1b4e61f2df9122c3cad2577669145335"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-executor",
- "futures-io",
- "futures-sink",
- "futures-task",
- "futures-util",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "futures-channel"
-version = "0.3.29"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ff4dd66668b557604244583e3e1e1eada8c5c2e96a6d0d6653ede395b78bbacb"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "futures-sink",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "futures-core"
-version = "0.3.29"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "eb1d22c66e66d9d72e1758f0bd7d4fd0bee04cad842ee34587d68c07e45d088c"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "futures-executor"
-version = "0.3.29"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0f4fb8693db0cf099eadcca0efe2a5a22e4550f98ed16aba6c48700da29597bc"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "futures-task",
- "futures-util",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "futures-io"
-version = "0.3.29"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8bf34a163b5c4c52d0478a4d757da8fb65cabef42ba90515efee0f6f9fa45aaa"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "futures-sink"
-version = "0.3.29"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e36d3378ee38c2a36ad710c5d30c2911d752cb941c00c72dbabfb786a7970817"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "futures-task"
-version = "0.3.29"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "efd193069b0ddadc69c46389b740bbccdd97203899b48d09c5f7969591d6bae2"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "futures-util"
-version = "0.3.29"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a19526d624e703a3179b3d322efec918b6246ea0fa51d41124525f00f1cc8104"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-channel",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-io",
- "futures-sink",
- "futures-task",
- "memchr",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "pin-utils",
- "slab",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "getrandom"
 version = "0.2.11"
@@ -873,16 +783,6 @@ version = "0.4.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c4cd1a83af159aa67994778be9070f0ae1bd732942279cabb14f86f986a21456"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lock_api"
-version = "0.4.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3c168f8615b12bc01f9c17e2eb0cc07dcae1940121185446edc3744920e8ef45"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
- "scopeguard",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.4.20"
@@ -995,29 +895,6 @@ version = "6.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e2355d85b9a3786f481747ced0e0ff2ba35213a1f9bd406ed906554d7af805a1"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "parking_lot"
-version = "0.12.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3742b2c103b9f06bc9fff0a37ff4912935851bee6d36f3c02bcc755bcfec228f"
-dependencies = [
- "lock_api",
- "parking_lot_core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "parking_lot_core"
-version = "0.9.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4c42a9226546d68acdd9c0a280d17ce19bfe27a46bf68784e4066115788d008e"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "redox_syscall 0.4.1",
- "smallvec",
- "windows-targets 0.48.5",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "paste"
 version = "1.0.14"
@@ -1036,18 +913,6 @@ version = "2.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pin-project-lite"
-version = "0.2.13"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8afb450f006bf6385ca15ef45d71d2288452bc3683ce2e2cacc0d18e4be60b58"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "pin-utils"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pkg-config"
 version = "0.3.27"
@@ -1184,15 +1049,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "redox_syscall"
-version = "0.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4722d768eff46b75989dd134e5c353f0d6296e5aaa3132e776cbdb56be7731aa"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.10.2"
@@ -1265,7 +1121,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rosenpass-to",
  "rosenpass-util",
  "serde",
- "serial_test",
  "stacker",
  "static_assertions",
  "test_bin",
@@ -1490,52 +1345,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serial_test"
-version = "2.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e56dd856803e253c8f298af3f4d7eb0ae5e23a737252cd90bb4f3b435033b2d"
-dependencies = [
- "dashmap",
- "futures",
- "lazy_static",
- "log",
- "parking_lot",
- "serial_test_derive",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "serial_test_derive"
-version = "2.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "91d129178576168c589c9ec973feedf7d3126c01ac2bf08795109aa35b69fb8f"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
 version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a7cee0529a6d40f580e7a5e6c495c8fbfe21b7b52795ed4bb5e62cdf92bc6380"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "slab"
-version = "0.4.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8f92a496fb766b417c996b9c5e57daf2f7ad3b0bebe1ccfca4856390e3d3bb67"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "smallvec"
-version = "1.11.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4dccd0940a2dcdf68d092b8cbab7dc0ad8fa938bf95787e1b916b0e3d0e8e970"
-
 [[package]]
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ede1cb6..7020bb4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,5 +57,4 @@ arbitrary = { version = "1.3.2", features = ["derive"] }
 anyhow = { version = "1.0.75", features = ["backtrace", "std"] }
 mio = { version = "0.8.9", features = ["net", "os-poll"] }
 libsodium-sys-stable= { version = "1.20.4", features = ["use-pkg-config"] }
-oqs-sys = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = ['classic_mceliece', 'kyber']  }
-serial_test = "2.0.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+oqs-sys = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = ['classic_mceliece', 'kyber']  }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rosenpass/Cargo.toml b/rosenpass/Cargo.toml
index f0192ab..f8f4634 100644
--- a/rosenpass/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rosenpass/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,5 +42,4 @@ anyhow = { workspace = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = { workspace = true }
 test_bin = { workspace = true }
-stacker = { workspace = true }
-serial_test = {workspace = true}
\ No newline at end of file
+stacker = { workspace = true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rosenpass/src/config.rs b/rosenpass/src/config.rs
index 75ec941..6746cb3 100644
--- a/rosenpass/src/config.rs
+++ b/rosenpass/src/config.rs
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ impl Default for Verbosity {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;
-    use serial_test::parallel;
     use std::net::IpAddr;
 
     fn split_str(s: &str) -> Vec<String> {
@@ -378,7 +377,6 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[parallel]
     fn test_simple_cli_parse() {
         let args = split_str(
             "public-key /my/public-key secret-key /my/secret-key verbose \
@@ -408,7 +406,6 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[parallel]
     fn test_cli_parse_multiple_peers() {
         let args = split_str(
             "public-key /my/public-key secret-key /my/secret-key verbose \
diff --git a/rosenpass/src/msgs.rs b/rosenpass/src/msgs.rs
index 344e7a6..4f83781 100644
--- a/rosenpass/src/msgs.rs
+++ b/rosenpass/src/msgs.rs
@@ -191,22 +191,18 @@ pub const BISCUIT_CT_LEN: usize = BISCUIT_PT_LEN + xaead::NONCE_LEN + xaead::TAG
 mod test_constants {
     use crate::msgs::{BISCUIT_CT_LEN, BISCUIT_PT_LEN};
     use rosenpass_ciphers::{xaead, KEY_LEN};
-    use serial_test::parallel;
 
     #[test]
-    #[parallel]
     fn sodium_keysize() {
         assert_eq!(KEY_LEN, 32);
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[parallel]
     fn biscuit_pt_len() {
         assert_eq!(BISCUIT_PT_LEN, 2 * KEY_LEN + 12);
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[parallel]
     fn biscuit_ct_len() {
         assert_eq!(
             BISCUIT_CT_LEN,
diff --git a/rosenpass/src/protocol.rs b/rosenpass/src/protocol.rs
index a007060..54b57f8 100644
--- a/rosenpass/src/protocol.rs
+++ b/rosenpass/src/protocol.rs
@@ -2041,13 +2041,11 @@ impl CryptoServer {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use serial_test::serial;
     use std::{net::SocketAddrV4, thread::sleep, time::Duration};
 
     use super::*;
 
     #[test]
-    #[serial]
     /// Ensure that the protocol implementation can deal with truncated
     /// messages and with overlong messages.
     ///
@@ -2139,7 +2137,6 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[serial]
     fn cookie_reply_mechanism_responder_under_load() {
         rosenpass_sodium::init().unwrap();
 
@@ -2222,7 +2219,6 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     #[test]
-    #[serial]
     fn cookie_reply_mechanism_initiator_bails_on_message_under_load() {
         rosenpass_sodium::init().unwrap();
         stacker::grow(8 * 1024 * 1024, || {