diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 71ff42a..2cf4f23 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 Procedure when bumping the version number:
-
 1. Update dependencies in a separate commit
 2. Set version number in `Cargo.toml`
 3. Add new section in this changelog
@@ -14,45 +13,6 @@ Procedure when bumping the version number:
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-### Changed
-
-- **(breaking)** Bumped `rusqlite` dependency from `0.32` to `0.33`
-
-## v0.5.0 - 2024-09-04
-
-### Changed
-
-- **(breaking)** Bumped `rusqlite` dependency from `0.31` to `0.32`
-
-## v0.4.0 - 2024-02-23
-
-### Changed
-
-- **(breaking)** Bumped `rusqlite` dependency from `0.30` to `0.31`
-
-## v0.3.0 - 2023-12-26
-
-### Changed
-
-- **(breaking)** Bumped `rusqlite` dependency from `0.29` to `0.30`
-
-## v0.2.0 - 2023-05-14
-
-### Added
-
-- `serde` feature
-- `serde::from_row_via_index`
-- `serde::from_row_via_name`
-
-### Changed
-
-- **(breaking)**
-  Error handling of `Action`s is now more complex but more powerful. In
-  particular, `Action`s can now return almost arbitrary errors without nesting
-  `Result`s like before.
-- **(breaking)** Renamed `Action::Result` to `Action::Output`
-- **(breaking)** Bumped `rusqlite` dependency from `0.28` to `0.29`
-
 ## v0.1.0 - 2023-02-12
 
 Initial release
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 80d87a5..3a3b297 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 [package]
 name = "vault"
-version = "0.5.0"
+version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
-serde = ["dep:serde"]
 tokio = ["dep:tokio"]
 
 [dependencies]
-rusqlite = "0.33.0"
-serde = { version = "1.0.209", optional = true }
-tokio = { version = "1.40.0", features = ["sync"], optional = true }
+rusqlite = "0.28.0"
+tokio = { version = "1.25.0", features = ["sync"], optional = true }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index edc1392..5d65e1a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,17 +9,12 @@
 // Clippy lints
 #![warn(clippy::use_self)]
 
-#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-pub mod serde;
 pub mod simple;
 #[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
 pub mod tokio;
 
 use rusqlite::{Connection, Transaction};
 
-#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-pub use self::serde::*;
-
 /// An action that can be performed on a [`Connection`].
 ///
 /// Both commands and queries are considered actions. Commands usually have a
@@ -28,9 +23,8 @@ pub use self::serde::*;
 /// Actions are usually passed to a vault which will then execute them and
 /// return the result. The way in which this occurs depends on the vault.
 pub trait Action {
-    type Output;
-    type Error;
-    fn run(self, conn: &mut Connection) -> Result<Self::Output, Self::Error>;
+    type Result;
+    fn run(self, conn: &mut Connection) -> rusqlite::Result<Self::Result>;
 }
 
 /// A single database migration.
diff --git a/src/serde.rs b/src/serde.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index d58640d..0000000
--- a/src/serde.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,325 +0,0 @@
-use std::{error, fmt, str::Utf8Error};
-
-use rusqlite::{
-    types::{FromSqlError, ValueRef},
-    Row,
-};
-use serde::{
-    de::{
-        self, value::BorrowedStrDeserializer, DeserializeSeed, Deserializer, MapAccess, SeqAccess,
-        Visitor,
-    },
-    forward_to_deserialize_any, Deserialize,
-};
-
-#[derive(Debug)]
-enum Error {
-    ExpectedTupleLikeBaseType,
-    ExpectedStructLikeBaseType,
-    Utf8(Utf8Error),
-    Rusqlite(rusqlite::Error),
-    Custom(String),
-}
-
-impl fmt::Display for Error {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        match self {
-            Self::ExpectedTupleLikeBaseType => write!(f, "expected tuple-like base type"),
-            Self::ExpectedStructLikeBaseType => write!(f, "expected struct-like base type"),
-            Self::Utf8(err) => err.fmt(f),
-            Self::Rusqlite(err) => err.fmt(f),
-            Self::Custom(msg) => msg.fmt(f),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl error::Error for Error {}
-
-impl de::Error for Error {
-    fn custom<T: fmt::Display>(msg: T) -> Self {
-        Self::Custom(msg.to_string())
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<Utf8Error> for Error {
-    fn from(value: Utf8Error) -> Self {
-        Self::Utf8(value)
-    }
-}
-
-impl From<rusqlite::Error> for Error {
-    fn from(value: rusqlite::Error) -> Self {
-        Self::Rusqlite(value)
-    }
-}
-
-struct ValueRefDeserializer<'de> {
-    value: ValueRef<'de>,
-}
-
-impl<'de> Deserializer<'de> for ValueRefDeserializer<'de> {
-    type Error = Error;
-
-    forward_to_deserialize_any! {
-        i8 i16 i32 i64 u8 u16 u32 u64 f32 f64 char str string bytes byte_buf
-        unit unit_struct seq tuple tuple_struct map struct identifier
-        ignored_any
-    }
-
-    fn deserialize_any<V: Visitor<'de>>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
-        match self.value {
-            ValueRef::Null => visitor.visit_unit(),
-            ValueRef::Integer(v) => visitor.visit_i64(v),
-            ValueRef::Real(v) => visitor.visit_f64(v),
-            ValueRef::Text(v) => visitor.visit_borrowed_str(std::str::from_utf8(v)?),
-            ValueRef::Blob(v) => visitor.visit_borrowed_bytes(v),
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn deserialize_bool<V: Visitor<'de>>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
-        match self.value {
-            ValueRef::Integer(0) => visitor.visit_bool(false),
-            ValueRef::Integer(_) => visitor.visit_bool(true),
-            _ => self.deserialize_any(visitor),
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn deserialize_option<V: Visitor<'de>>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
-        match self.value {
-            ValueRef::Null => visitor.visit_none(),
-            _ => visitor.visit_some(self),
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn deserialize_newtype_struct<V: Visitor<'de>>(
-        self,
-        _name: &'static str,
-        visitor: V,
-    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
-        visitor.visit_newtype_struct(self)
-    }
-
-    fn deserialize_enum<V: Visitor<'de>>(
-        self,
-        name: &'static str,
-        variants: &'static [&'static str],
-        visitor: V,
-    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
-        match self.value {
-            ValueRef::Text(v) => {
-                let v = BorrowedStrDeserializer::new(std::str::from_utf8(v)?);
-                v.deserialize_enum(name, variants, visitor)
-            }
-            _ => self.deserialize_any(visitor),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-struct IndexedRowDeserializer<'de, 'stmt> {
-    row: &'de Row<'stmt>,
-}
-
-impl<'de> Deserializer<'de> for IndexedRowDeserializer<'de, '_> {
-    type Error = Error;
-
-    forward_to_deserialize_any! {
-        bool i8 i16 i32 i64 u8 u16 u32 u64 f32 f64 char str string bytes
-        byte_buf option unit unit_struct map enum identifier ignored_any
-    }
-
-    fn deserialize_any<V: Visitor<'de>>(self, _visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
-        Err(Error::ExpectedTupleLikeBaseType)
-    }
-
-    fn deserialize_newtype_struct<V: Visitor<'de>>(
-        self,
-        _name: &'static str,
-        visitor: V,
-    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
-        visitor.visit_newtype_struct(self)
-    }
-
-    fn deserialize_seq<V: Visitor<'de>>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
-        visitor.visit_seq(IndexedRowSeq::new(self.row))
-    }
-
-    fn deserialize_tuple<V: Visitor<'de>>(
-        self,
-        _len: usize,
-        visitor: V,
-    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
-        self.deserialize_seq(visitor)
-    }
-
-    fn deserialize_tuple_struct<V: Visitor<'de>>(
-        self,
-        _name: &'static str,
-        _len: usize,
-        visitor: V,
-    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
-        self.deserialize_seq(visitor)
-    }
-
-    fn deserialize_struct<V: Visitor<'de>>(
-        self,
-        _name: &'static str,
-        fields: &'static [&'static str],
-        visitor: V,
-    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
-        visitor.visit_map(IndexedRowMap::new(self.row, fields))
-    }
-}
-
-struct IndexedRowSeq<'de, 'stmt> {
-    row: &'de Row<'stmt>,
-    next_index: usize,
-}
-
-impl<'de, 'stmt> IndexedRowSeq<'de, 'stmt> {
-    fn new(row: &'de Row<'stmt>) -> Self {
-        Self { row, next_index: 0 }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'de> SeqAccess<'de> for IndexedRowSeq<'de, '_> {
-    type Error = Error;
-
-    fn next_element_seed<T>(&mut self, seed: T) -> Result<Option<T::Value>, Self::Error>
-    where
-        T: DeserializeSeed<'de>,
-    {
-        match self.row.get_ref(self.next_index) {
-            Ok(value) => {
-                self.next_index += 1;
-                seed.deserialize(ValueRefDeserializer { value }).map(Some)
-            }
-            Err(rusqlite::Error::InvalidColumnIndex(_)) => Ok(None),
-            Err(err) => Err(err)?,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-struct IndexedRowMap<'de, 'stmt> {
-    row: &'de Row<'stmt>,
-    fields: &'static [&'static str],
-    next_index: usize,
-}
-
-impl<'de, 'stmt> IndexedRowMap<'de, 'stmt> {
-    fn new(row: &'de Row<'stmt>, fields: &'static [&'static str]) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            row,
-            fields,
-            next_index: 0,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'de> MapAccess<'de> for IndexedRowMap<'de, '_> {
-    type Error = Error;
-
-    fn next_key_seed<K>(&mut self, seed: K) -> Result<Option<K::Value>, Self::Error>
-    where
-        K: DeserializeSeed<'de>,
-    {
-        if let Some(key) = self.fields.get(self.next_index) {
-            self.next_index += 1;
-            seed.deserialize(BorrowedStrDeserializer::new(key))
-                .map(Some)
-        } else {
-            Ok(None)
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn next_value_seed<V>(&mut self, seed: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
-    where
-        V: DeserializeSeed<'de>,
-    {
-        let value = self.row.get_ref(self.next_index - 1)?;
-        seed.deserialize(ValueRefDeserializer { value })
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn from_row_via_index<'de, T>(row: &'de Row<'_>) -> rusqlite::Result<T>
-where
-    T: Deserialize<'de>,
-{
-    T::deserialize(IndexedRowDeserializer { row })
-        .map_err(|err| FromSqlError::Other(Box::new(err)).into())
-}
-
-struct NamedRowDeserializer<'de, 'stmt> {
-    row: &'de Row<'stmt>,
-}
-
-impl<'de> Deserializer<'de> for NamedRowDeserializer<'de, '_> {
-    type Error = Error;
-
-    forward_to_deserialize_any! {
-        bool i8 i16 i32 i64 u8 u16 u32 u64 f32 f64 char str string bytes
-        byte_buf option unit unit_struct newtype_struct seq tuple tuple_struct
-        map enum identifier ignored_any
-    }
-
-    fn deserialize_any<V: Visitor<'de>>(self, _visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
-        Err(Error::ExpectedStructLikeBaseType)
-    }
-
-    fn deserialize_struct<V: Visitor<'de>>(
-        self,
-        _name: &'static str,
-        fields: &'static [&'static str],
-        visitor: V,
-    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
-        visitor.visit_map(NamedRowMap::new(self.row, fields))
-    }
-}
-
-struct NamedRowMap<'de, 'stmt> {
-    row: &'de Row<'stmt>,
-    fields: &'static [&'static str],
-    next_index: usize,
-}
-
-impl<'de, 'stmt> NamedRowMap<'de, 'stmt> {
-    fn new(row: &'de Row<'stmt>, fields: &'static [&'static str]) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            row,
-            fields,
-            next_index: 0,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'de> MapAccess<'de> for NamedRowMap<'de, '_> {
-    type Error = Error;
-
-    fn next_key_seed<K>(&mut self, seed: K) -> Result<Option<K::Value>, Self::Error>
-    where
-        K: DeserializeSeed<'de>,
-    {
-        if let Some(key) = self.fields.get(self.next_index) {
-            self.next_index += 1;
-            seed.deserialize(BorrowedStrDeserializer::new(key))
-                .map(Some)
-        } else {
-            Ok(None)
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn next_value_seed<V>(&mut self, seed: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
-    where
-        V: DeserializeSeed<'de>,
-    {
-        let value = self.row.get_ref(self.next_index - 1)?;
-        seed.deserialize(ValueRefDeserializer { value })
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn from_row_via_name<'de, T>(row: &'de Row<'_>) -> rusqlite::Result<T>
-where
-    T: Deserialize<'de>,
-{
-    T::deserialize(NamedRowDeserializer { row })
-        .map_err(|err| FromSqlError::Other(Box::new(err)).into())
-}
diff --git a/src/simple.rs b/src/simple.rs
index 8dcedd0..e800073 100644
--- a/src/simple.rs
+++ b/src/simple.rs
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ impl SimpleVault {
     ///
     /// The `prepare` parameter allows access to the database after all
     /// migrations have occurred. This parameter could be replaced by executing
-    /// an [`Action`] performing the same operations.
     ///
     /// It is recommended to set a few pragmas before calling this function, for
     /// example:
     /// - `journal_mode` to `"wal"`
     /// - `foreign_keys` to `true`
     /// - `trusted_schema` to `false`
+    /// an [`Action`] performing the same operations.
     pub fn new_and_prepare(
         mut conn: Connection,
         migrations: &[Migration],
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ impl SimpleVault {
     }
 
     /// Execute an [`Action`] and return the result.
-    pub fn execute<A: Action>(&mut self, action: A) -> Result<A::Output, A::Error> {
+    pub fn execute<A>(&mut self, action: A) -> rusqlite::Result<A::Result>
+    where
+        A: Action + Send + 'static,
+        A::Result: Send,
+    {
         action.run(&mut self.0)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tokio.rs b/src/tokio.rs
index 564f151..822ce49 100644
--- a/src/tokio.rs
+++ b/src/tokio.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! A vault for use with [`tokio`].
 
-use std::{any::Any, error, fmt, thread};
+use std::{any::Any, error, fmt, result, thread};
 
 use rusqlite::Connection;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
@@ -12,25 +12,16 @@ use crate::{Action, Migration};
 ///
 /// This way, the trait that users of this crate interact with is kept simpler.
 trait ActionWrapper {
-    fn run(
-        self: Box<Self>,
-        conn: &mut Connection,
-    ) -> Result<Box<dyn Any + Send>, Box<dyn Any + Send>>;
+    fn run(self: Box<Self>, conn: &mut Connection) -> rusqlite::Result<Box<dyn Any + Send>>;
 }
 
 impl<T: Action> ActionWrapper for T
 where
-    T::Output: Send + 'static,
-    T::Error: Send + 'static,
+    T::Result: Send + 'static,
 {
-    fn run(
-        self: Box<Self>,
-        conn: &mut Connection,
-    ) -> Result<Box<dyn Any + Send>, Box<dyn Any + Send>> {
-        match (*self).run(conn) {
-            Ok(result) => Ok(Box::new(result)),
-            Err(err) => Err(Box::new(err)),
-        }
+    fn run(self: Box<Self>, conn: &mut Connection) -> rusqlite::Result<Box<dyn Any + Send>> {
+        let result = (*self).run(conn)?;
+        Ok(Box::new(result))
     }
 }
 
@@ -38,38 +29,46 @@ where
 enum Command {
     Action(
         Box<dyn ActionWrapper + Send>,
-        oneshot::Sender<Result<Box<dyn Any + Send>, Box<dyn Any + Send>>>,
+        oneshot::Sender<rusqlite::Result<Box<dyn Any + Send>>>,
     ),
     Stop(oneshot::Sender<()>),
 }
 
 /// Error that can occur during execution of an [`Action`].
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub enum Error<E> {
+pub enum Error {
     /// The vault's thread has been stopped and its sqlite connection closed.
     Stopped,
-    /// An error was returned by the [`Action`].
-    Action(E),
+    /// A [`rusqlite::Error`] occurred while running the action.
+    Rusqlite(rusqlite::Error),
 }
 
-impl<E: fmt::Display> fmt::Display for Error<E> {
+impl fmt::Display for Error {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
             Self::Stopped => "vault has been stopped".fmt(f),
-            Self::Action(err) => err.fmt(f),
+            Self::Rusqlite(err) => err.fmt(f),
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl<E: error::Error> error::Error for Error<E> {
+impl error::Error for Error {
     fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn error::Error + 'static)> {
         match self {
             Self::Stopped => None,
-            Self::Action(err) => err.source(),
+            Self::Rusqlite(err) => Some(err),
         }
     }
 }
 
+impl From<rusqlite::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(value: rusqlite::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::Rusqlite(value)
+    }
+}
+
+pub type Result<R> = result::Result<R, Error>;
+
 fn run(mut conn: Connection, mut rx: mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<Command>) {
     while let Some(command) = rx.blocking_recv() {
         match command {
@@ -133,34 +132,24 @@ impl TokioVault {
     }
 
     /// Execute an [`Action`] and return the result.
-    pub async fn execute<A>(&self, action: A) -> Result<A::Output, Error<A::Error>>
+    pub async fn execute<A>(&self, action: A) -> Result<A::Result>
     where
         A: Action + Send + 'static,
-        A::Output: Send,
-        A::Error: Send,
+        A::Result: Send,
     {
         let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
         self.tx
             .send(Command::Action(Box::new(action), tx))
             .map_err(|_| Error::Stopped)?;
 
-        let result = rx.await.map_err(|_| Error::Stopped)?;
+        let result = rx.await.map_err(|_| Error::Stopped)??;
 
-        // The ActionWrapper runs Action::run, which returns
-        // Result<Action::Result, Action::Error>. It then wraps the
-        // Action::Result and Action::Error into Any, which we're now trying to
-        // downcast again to Action::Result and Action::Error. This should
-        // always work.
-        match result {
-            Ok(result) => {
-                let result = *result.downcast::<A::Output>().unwrap();
-                Ok(result)
-            }
-            Err(err) => {
-                let err = *err.downcast::<A::Error>().unwrap();
-                Err(Error::Action(err))
-            }
-        }
+        // The ActionWrapper runs Action::run, which returns Action::Result. It
+        // then wraps this into Any, which we're now trying to downcast again to
+        // Action::Result. This should always work.
+        let result = result.downcast().unwrap();
+
+        Ok(*result)
     }
 
     /// Stop the vault's thread and close its sqlite connection.