diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/util/serialize.rs b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/util/serialize.rs
index ec5bd6da821..143e8d9fe8f 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/util/serialize.rs
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/util/serialize.rs
@@ -1,30 +1,3 @@
-use std::convert::TryInto;
-use std::mem::size_of;
-
-pub fn read_ne_u8(input: &mut &[u8]) -> u8 {
-    let (int_bytes, rest) = input.split_at(size_of::<u8>());
-    *input = rest;
-    u8::from_ne_bytes(int_bytes.try_into().unwrap())
-}
-
-pub fn read_ne_u32(input: &mut &[u8]) -> u32 {
-    let (int_bytes, rest) = input.split_at(size_of::<u32>());
-    *input = rest;
-    u32::from_ne_bytes(int_bytes.try_into().unwrap())
-}
-
-pub fn read_ne_usize(input: &mut &[u8]) -> usize {
-    let (int_bytes, rest) = input.split_at(size_of::<usize>());
-    *input = rest;
-    usize::from_ne_bytes(int_bytes.try_into().unwrap())
-}
-
-pub fn read_string(input: &mut &[u8], len: usize) -> Option<String> {
-    let (string_bytes, rest) = input.split_at(len);
-    *input = rest;
-    String::from_utf8(string_bytes.to_vec()).ok()
-}
-
 /// Casts a &[T] to a [&u8] without copying.
 /// Inspired by cast_slice from the bytemuck crate. Drop this copy once external crates are supported.
 ///