diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 59700472..a016fafd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -9787,7 +9787,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "log",
  "modular-frost",
- "parity-scale-codec",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "schnorr-signatures",
  "schnorrkel",
@@ -9854,7 +9853,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "dkg",
  "futures",
  "log",
- "parity-scale-codec",
  "serai-client",
  "serai-cosign",
  "serai-db",
@@ -9892,7 +9890,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "blake2 0.11.0-rc.0",
  "borsh",
  "log",
- "parity-scale-codec",
  "schnorrkel",
  "serai-client",
  "serai-cosign-types",
diff --git a/coordinator/Cargo.toml b/coordinator/Cargo.toml
index e30208e3..192bd1ba 100644
--- a/coordinator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/coordinator/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ frost = { package = "modular-frost", path = "../crypto/frost" }
 frost-schnorrkel = { path = "../crypto/schnorrkel" }
 
 hex = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive", "bit-vec"] }
 borsh = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive", "de_strict_order"] }
 
 zalloc = { path = "../common/zalloc" }
diff --git a/coordinator/cosign/Cargo.toml b/coordinator/cosign/Cargo.toml
index 425018be..ab5041ba 100644
--- a/coordinator/cosign/Cargo.toml
+++ b/coordinator/cosign/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ workspace = true
 blake2 = { version = "0.11.0-rc.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 schnorrkel = { version = "0.11", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive"] }
 borsh = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive", "de_strict_order"] }
 serai-client = { path = "../../substrate/client", default-features = false, features = ["serai"] }
 
diff --git a/coordinator/cosign/src/lib.rs b/coordinator/cosign/src/lib.rs
index e1e5dbf9..16e2091e 100644
--- a/coordinator/cosign/src/lib.rs
+++ b/coordinator/cosign/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use std::{sync::Arc, collections::HashMap, time::Instant};
 
 use blake2::{Digest, Blake2s256};
 
-use scale::{Encode, Decode};
 use borsh::{BorshSerialize, BorshDeserialize};
 
 use serai_client::{
@@ -80,68 +79,6 @@ enum HasEvents {
   No,
 }
 
-/// An intended cosign.
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, BorshSerialize, BorshDeserialize)]
-pub struct CosignIntent {
-  /// The global session this cosign is being performed under.
-  pub global_session: [u8; 32],
-  /// The number of the block to cosign.
-  pub block_number: u64,
-  /// The hash of the block to cosign.
-  pub block_hash: [u8; 32],
-  /// If this cosign must be handled before further cosigns are.
-  pub notable: bool,
-}
-
-/// A cosign.
-#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Encode, Decode, BorshSerialize, BorshDeserialize)]
-pub struct Cosign {
-  /// The global session this cosign is being performed under.
-  pub global_session: [u8; 32],
-  /// The number of the block to cosign.
-  pub block_number: u64,
-  /// The hash of the block to cosign.
-  pub block_hash: [u8; 32],
-  /// The actual cosigner.
-  pub cosigner: ExternalNetworkId,
-}
-
-impl CosignIntent {
-  /// Convert this into a `Cosign`.
-  pub fn into_cosign(self, cosigner: ExternalNetworkId) -> Cosign {
-    let CosignIntent { global_session, block_number, block_hash, notable: _ } = self;
-    Cosign { global_session, block_number, block_hash, cosigner }
-  }
-}
-
-impl Cosign {
-  /// The message to sign to sign this cosign.
-  ///
-  /// This must be signed with schnorrkel, the context set to `COSIGN_CONTEXT`.
-  pub fn signature_message(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
-    // We use a schnorrkel context to domain-separate this
-    self.encode()
-  }
-}
-
-/// A signed cosign.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, BorshSerialize, BorshDeserialize)]
-pub struct SignedCosign {
-  /// The cosign.
-  pub cosign: Cosign,
-  /// The signature for the cosign.
-  pub signature: [u8; 64],
-}
-
-impl SignedCosign {
-  fn verify_signature(&self, signer: serai_client::Public) -> bool {
-    let Ok(signer) = schnorrkel::PublicKey::from_bytes(&signer.0) else { return false };
-    let Ok(signature) = schnorrkel::Signature::from_bytes(&self.signature) else { return false };
-
-    signer.verify_simple(COSIGN_CONTEXT, &self.cosign.signature_message(), &signature).is_ok()
-  }
-}
-
 create_db! {
   Cosign {
     // The following are populated by the intend task and used throughout the library
diff --git a/coordinator/src/tributary.rs b/coordinator/src/tributary.rs
index c5ecdf5b..9502d09e 100644
--- a/coordinator/src/tributary.rs
+++ b/coordinator/src/tributary.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 
 use serai_db::{Get, DbTxn, Db as DbTrait, create_db, db_channel};
 
-use scale::Encode;
 use serai_client::validator_sets::primitives::ExternalValidatorSet;
 
 use tributary_sdk::{TransactionKind, TransactionError, ProvidedError, TransactionTrait, Tributary};
@@ -479,7 +478,8 @@ pub(crate) async fn spawn_tributary<P: P2p>(
     return;
   }
 
-  let genesis = <[u8; 32]>::from(Blake2s::<U32>::digest((set.serai_block, set.set).encode()));
+  let genesis =
+    <[u8; 32]>::from(Blake2s::<U32>::digest(borsh::to_vec(&(set.serai_block, set.set)).unwrap()));
 
   // Since the Serai block will be finalized, then cosigned, before we handle this, this time will
   // be a couple of minutes stale. While the Tributary will still function with a start time in the
diff --git a/coordinator/substrate/Cargo.toml b/coordinator/substrate/Cargo.toml
index d78ace99..0e3c330e 100644
--- a/coordinator/substrate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/coordinator/substrate/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 bitvec = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 
-scale = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "3", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive", "bit-vec"] }
 borsh = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive", "de_strict_order"] }
 
 dkg = { path = "../../crypto/dkg", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
diff --git a/coordinator/substrate/src/lib.rs b/coordinator/substrate/src/lib.rs
index 902234dc..9d5ba755 100644
--- a/coordinator/substrate/src/lib.rs
+++ b/coordinator/substrate/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
-use scale::{Encode, Decode};
 use borsh::{BorshSerialize, BorshDeserialize};
 
 use dkg::Participant;
@@ -178,14 +177,13 @@ impl Keys {
       signature_participants,
       signature,
     );
-    _public_db::Keys::set(txn, set.network, &(set.session, tx.encode()));
+    _public_db::Keys::set(txn, set.network, &(set.session, tx));
   }
   pub(crate) fn take(
     txn: &mut impl DbTxn,
     network: ExternalNetworkId,
   ) -> Option<(Session, Transaction)> {
-    let (session, tx) = _public_db::Keys::take(txn, network)?;
-    Some((session, <_>::decode(&mut tx.as_slice()).unwrap()))
+    _public_db::Keys::take(txn, network)
   }
 }
 
@@ -226,13 +224,12 @@ impl SlashReports {
       slash_report,
       signature,
     );
-    _public_db::SlashReports::set(txn, set.network, &(set.session, tx.encode()));
+    _public_db::SlashReports::set(txn, set.network, &(set.session, tx));
   }
   pub(crate) fn take(
     txn: &mut impl DbTxn,
     network: ExternalNetworkId,
   ) -> Option<(Session, Transaction)> {
-    let (session, tx) = _public_db::SlashReports::take(txn, network)?;
-    Some((session, <_>::decode(&mut tx.as_slice()).unwrap()))
+    _public_db::SlashReports::take(txn, network)
   }
 }
diff --git a/processor/bin/src/coordinator.rs b/processor/bin/src/coordinator.rs
index e5defdc3..dd6bdee5 100644
--- a/processor/bin/src/coordinator.rs
+++ b/processor/bin/src/coordinator.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static SEND_LOCK: LazyLock<Mutex<()>> = LazyLock::new(|| Mutex::new(()));
 
 db_channel! {
   ProcessorBinCoordinator {
-    SentCoordinatorMessages: () -> Vec<u8>,
+    SentCoordinatorMessages: () -> messages::ProcessorMessage,
   }
 }
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ impl CoordinatorSend {
   fn send(&mut self, msg: &messages::ProcessorMessage) {
     let _lock = SEND_LOCK.lock().unwrap();
     let mut txn = self.db.txn();
-    SentCoordinatorMessages::send(&mut txn, &borsh::to_vec(msg).unwrap());
+    SentCoordinatorMessages::send(&mut txn, msg);
     txn.commit();
     self
       .sent_message
@@ -114,12 +114,9 @@ impl Coordinator {
           let mut txn = db.txn();
           match SentCoordinatorMessages::try_recv(&mut txn) {
             Some(msg) => {
-              let metadata = Metadata {
-                from: service,
-                to: Service::Coordinator,
-                intent: borsh::from_slice::<messages::ProcessorMessage>(&msg).unwrap().intent(),
-              };
-              message_queue.queue_with_retry(metadata, msg).await;
+              let metadata =
+                Metadata { from: service, to: Service::Coordinator, intent: msg.intent() };
+              message_queue.queue_with_retry(metadata, borsh::to_vec(&msg).unwrap()).await;
               txn.commit();
             }
             None => {
diff --git a/processor/scheduler/utxo/standard/src/db.rs b/processor/scheduler/utxo/standard/src/db.rs
index 07b63d3c..69611465 100644
--- a/processor/scheduler/utxo/standard/src/db.rs
+++ b/processor/scheduler/utxo/standard/src/db.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ use serai_primitives::{
   balance::{Amount, ExternalBalance},
 };
 
-use borsh::BorshDeserialize;
 use serai_db::{Get, DbTxn, create_db, db_channel};
 
 use primitives::{Payment, ReceivedOutput};
@@ -22,9 +21,10 @@ create_db! {
   }
 }
 
+#[rustfmt::skip]
 db_channel! {
   UtxoScheduler {
-    PendingBranch: (key: &[u8], balance: ExternalBalance) -> Vec<u8>,
+    PendingBranch: <S: ScannerFeed>(key: &[u8], balance: ExternalBalance) -> TreeTransaction<AddressFor<S>>,
   }
 }
 
@@ -103,14 +103,13 @@ impl<S: ScannerFeed> Db<S> {
     balance: ExternalBalance,
     child: &TreeTransaction<AddressFor<S>>,
   ) {
-    PendingBranch::send(txn, key.to_bytes().as_ref(), balance, &borsh::to_vec(child).unwrap())
+    PendingBranch::<S>::send(txn, key.to_bytes().as_ref(), balance, child)
   }
   pub(crate) fn take_pending_branch(
     txn: &mut impl DbTxn,
     key: KeyFor<S>,
     balance: ExternalBalance,
   ) -> Option<TreeTransaction<AddressFor<S>>> {
-    PendingBranch::try_recv(txn, key.to_bytes().as_ref(), balance)
-      .map(|bytes| TreeTransaction::<AddressFor<S>>::deserialize(&mut bytes.as_slice()).unwrap())
+    PendingBranch::<S>::try_recv(txn, key.to_bytes().as_ref(), balance)
   }
 }
diff --git a/processor/signers/src/cosign/mod.rs b/processor/signers/src/cosign/mod.rs
index 4c215e61..aae12b60 100644
--- a/processor/signers/src/cosign/mod.rs
+++ b/processor/signers/src/cosign/mod.rs
@@ -123,10 +123,7 @@ impl<D: Db> ContinuallyRan for CosignerTask<D> {
 
             let cosign = self.current_cosign.take().unwrap();
             LatestCosigned::set(&mut txn, self.session, &cosign.block_number);
-            let cosign = SignedCosign {
-              cosign,
-              signature: borsh::to_vec(&Signature::from(signature)).unwrap().try_into().unwrap(),
-            };
+            let cosign = SignedCosign { cosign, signature: Signature::from(signature).0 };
             // Send the cosign
             Cosign::send(&mut txn, self.session, &cosign);
           }