Remove bincode dev-dependency (#168)

tarcieri · web-flow · commit 0dfca78e62a2 · 2025-12-18T08:53:29.000-07:00
`bincode` is unmaintained. See https://crates.io/crates/bincode/3.0.0
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
diff --git a/frodo-kem/Cargo.toml b/frodo-kem/Cargo.toml
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ zeroize = "1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 aes = "0.9.0-rc.2"
-bincode = "1.3"
 criterion = "0.7"
 hex = "0.4"
 hybrid-array = "0.4"
diff --git a/frodo-kem/README.md b/frodo-kem/README.md
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ On Armv8, the rust shake implementation is faster than the openssl implementatio
 This crate has been tested against the following `serde` compatible formats:
 
 - [x] serde_bare
-- [x] bincode
 - [x] postcard
 - [x] serde_cbor
 - [x] serde_json
diff --git a/frodo-kem/src/lib.rs b/frodo-kem/src/lib.rs
@@ -1741,9 +1741,4 @@ mod tests {
         postcard::to_stdvec,
         postcard::from_bytes
     );
-    serde_test!(
-        serialization_bincode,
-        bincode::serialize,
-        bincode::deserialize
-    );
 }
