diff --git a/security/keymint/support/authorization_set.cpp b/security/keymint/support/authorization_set.cpp
index eaacd1f..e2aac9a 100644
--- a/security/keymint/support/authorization_set.cpp
+++ b/security/keymint/support/authorization_set.cpp
@@ -118,279 +118,6 @@
     return data_[pos];
 }
 
-/**
- * Persistent format is:
- * | 32 bit indirect_size         |
- * --------------------------------
- * | indirect_size bytes of data  | this is where the blob data is stored
- * --------------------------------
- * | 32 bit element_count         | number of entries
- * | 32 bit elements_size         | total bytes used by entries (entries have variable length)
- * --------------------------------
- * | elementes_size bytes of data | where the elements are stored
- */
-
-/**
- * Persistent format of blobs and bignums:
- * | 32 bit tag             |
- * | 32 bit blob_length     |
- * | 32 bit indirect_offset |
- */
-
-struct OutStreams {
-    std::ostream& indirect;
-    std::ostream& elements;
-    size_t skipped;
-};
-
-OutStreams& serializeParamValue(OutStreams& out, const vector<uint8_t>& blob) {
-    uint32_t buffer;
-
-    // write blob_length
-    auto blob_length = blob.size();
-    if (blob_length > std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max()) {
-        out.elements.setstate(std::ios_base::badbit);
-        return out;
-    }
-    buffer = blob_length;
-    out.elements.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&buffer), sizeof(uint32_t));
-
-    // write indirect_offset
-    auto offset = out.indirect.tellp();
-    if (offset < 0 || offset > std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max() ||
-        uint32_t(offset) + uint32_t(blob_length) < uint32_t(offset)) {  // overflow check
-        out.elements.setstate(std::ios_base::badbit);
-        return out;
-    }
-    buffer = offset;
-    out.elements.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&buffer), sizeof(uint32_t));
-
-    // write blob to indirect stream
-    if (blob_length) out.indirect.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&blob[0]), blob_length);
-
-    return out;
-}
-
-template <typename T>
-OutStreams& serializeParamValue(OutStreams& out, const T& value) {
-    out.elements.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&value), sizeof(T));
-    return out;
-}
-
-OutStreams& serialize(TAG_INVALID_t&&, OutStreams& out, const KeyParameter&) {
-    // skip invalid entries.
-    ++out.skipped;
-    return out;
-}
-template <typename T>
-OutStreams& serialize(T ttag, OutStreams& out, const KeyParameter& param) {
-    out.elements.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&param.tag), sizeof(int32_t));
-    return serializeParamValue(out, accessTagValue(ttag, param));
-}
-
-template <typename... T>
-struct choose_serializer;
-template <typename... Tags>
-struct choose_serializer<MetaList<Tags...>> {
-    static OutStreams& serialize(OutStreams& out, const KeyParameter& param) {
-        return choose_serializer<Tags...>::serialize(out, param);
-    }
-};
-
-template <>
-struct choose_serializer<> {
-    static OutStreams& serialize(OutStreams& out, const KeyParameter& param) {
-        LOG(WARNING) << "Trying to serialize unknown tag " << unsigned(param.tag)
-                     << ". Did you forget to add it to all_tags_t?";
-        ++out.skipped;
-        return out;
-    }
-};
-
-template <TagType tag_type, Tag tag, typename... Tail>
-struct choose_serializer<android::hardware::security::keymint::TypedTag<tag_type, tag>, Tail...> {
-    static OutStreams& serialize(OutStreams& out, const KeyParameter& param) {
-        if (param.tag == tag) {
-            return android::hardware::security::keymint::serialize(TypedTag<tag_type, tag>(), out,
-                                                                   param);
-        } else {
-            return choose_serializer<Tail...>::serialize(out, param);
-        }
-    }
-};
-
-OutStreams& serialize(OutStreams& out, const KeyParameter& param) {
-    return choose_serializer<all_tags_t>::serialize(out, param);
-}
-
-std::ostream& serialize(std::ostream& out, const std::vector<KeyParameter>& params) {
-    std::stringstream indirect;
-    std::stringstream elements;
-    OutStreams streams = {indirect, elements, 0};
-    for (const auto& param : params) {
-        serialize(streams, param);
-    }
-    if (indirect.bad() || elements.bad()) {
-        out.setstate(std::ios_base::badbit);
-        return out;
-    }
-    auto pos = indirect.tellp();
-    if (pos < 0 || pos > std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max()) {
-        out.setstate(std::ios_base::badbit);
-        return out;
-    }
-    uint32_t indirect_size = pos;
-    pos = elements.tellp();
-    if (pos < 0 || pos > std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max()) {
-        out.setstate(std::ios_base::badbit);
-        return out;
-    }
-    uint32_t elements_size = pos;
-    uint32_t element_count = params.size() - streams.skipped;
-
-    out.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&indirect_size), sizeof(uint32_t));
-
-    pos = out.tellp();
-    if (indirect_size) out << indirect.rdbuf();
-    assert(out.tellp() - pos == indirect_size);
-
-    out.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&element_count), sizeof(uint32_t));
-    out.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&elements_size), sizeof(uint32_t));
-
-    pos = out.tellp();
-    if (elements_size) out << elements.rdbuf();
-    assert(out.tellp() - pos == elements_size);
-
-    return out;
-}
-
-struct InStreams {
-    std::istream& indirect;
-    std::istream& elements;
-    size_t invalids;
-};
-
-InStreams& deserializeParamValue(InStreams& in, vector<uint8_t>* blob) {
-    uint32_t blob_length = 0;
-    uint32_t offset = 0;
-    in.elements.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&blob_length), sizeof(uint32_t));
-    blob->resize(blob_length);
-    in.elements.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&offset), sizeof(uint32_t));
-    in.indirect.seekg(offset);
-    in.indirect.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&(*blob)[0]), blob->size());
-    return in;
-}
-
-template <typename T>
-InStreams& deserializeParamValue(InStreams& in, T* value) {
-    in.elements.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(value), sizeof(T));
-    return in;
-}
-
-InStreams& deserialize(TAG_INVALID_t&&, InStreams& in, KeyParameter*) {
-    // there should be no invalid KeyParameters but if handle them as zero sized.
-    ++in.invalids;
-    return in;
-}
-
-template <typename T>
-InStreams& deserialize(T&& ttag, InStreams& in, KeyParameter* param) {
-    return deserializeParamValue(in, &accessTagValue(ttag, *param));
-}
-
-template <typename... T>
-struct choose_deserializer;
-template <typename... Tags>
-struct choose_deserializer<MetaList<Tags...>> {
-    static InStreams& deserialize(InStreams& in, KeyParameter* param) {
-        return choose_deserializer<Tags...>::deserialize(in, param);
-    }
-};
-template <>
-struct choose_deserializer<> {
-    static InStreams& deserialize(InStreams& in, KeyParameter*) {
-        // encountered an unknown tag -> fail parsing
-        in.elements.setstate(std::ios_base::badbit);
-        return in;
-    }
-};
-template <TagType tag_type, Tag tag, typename... Tail>
-struct choose_deserializer<TypedTag<tag_type, tag>, Tail...> {
-    static InStreams& deserialize(InStreams& in, KeyParameter* param) {
-        if (param->tag == tag) {
-            return android::hardware::security::keymint::deserialize(TypedTag<tag_type, tag>(), in,
-                                                                     param);
-        } else {
-            return choose_deserializer<Tail...>::deserialize(in, param);
-        }
-    }
-};
-
-InStreams& deserialize(InStreams& in, KeyParameter* param) {
-    in.elements.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&param->tag), sizeof(Tag));
-    return choose_deserializer<all_tags_t>::deserialize(in, param);
-}
-
-std::istream& deserialize(std::istream& in, std::vector<KeyParameter>* params) {
-    uint32_t indirect_size = 0;
-    in.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&indirect_size), sizeof(uint32_t));
-    std::string indirect_buffer(indirect_size, '\0');
-    if (indirect_buffer.size() != indirect_size) {
-        in.setstate(std::ios_base::badbit);
-        return in;
-    }
-    in.read(&indirect_buffer[0], indirect_buffer.size());
-
-    uint32_t element_count = 0;
-    in.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&element_count), sizeof(uint32_t));
-    uint32_t elements_size = 0;
-    in.read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&elements_size), sizeof(uint32_t));
-
-    std::string elements_buffer(elements_size, '\0');
-    if (elements_buffer.size() != elements_size) {
-        in.setstate(std::ios_base::badbit);
-        return in;
-    }
-    in.read(&elements_buffer[0], elements_buffer.size());
-
-    if (in.bad()) return in;
-
-    // TODO write one-shot stream buffer to avoid copying here
-    std::stringstream indirect(indirect_buffer);
-    std::stringstream elements(elements_buffer);
-    InStreams streams = {indirect, elements, 0};
-
-    params->resize(element_count);
-
-    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < element_count; ++i) {
-        deserialize(streams, &(*params)[i]);
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * There are legacy blobs which have invalid tags in them due to a bug during serialization.
-     * This makes sure that invalid tags are filtered from the result before it is returned.
-     */
-    if (streams.invalids > 0) {
-        std::vector<KeyParameter> filtered(element_count - streams.invalids);
-        auto ifiltered = filtered.begin();
-        for (auto& p : *params) {
-            if (p.tag != Tag::INVALID) {
-                *ifiltered++ = std::move(p);
-            }
-        }
-        *params = std::move(filtered);
-    }
-    return in;
-}
-
-void AuthorizationSet::Serialize(std::ostream* out) const {
-    serialize(*out, data_);
-}
-
-void AuthorizationSet::Deserialize(std::istream* in) {
-    deserialize(*in, &data_);
-}
-
 AuthorizationSetBuilder& AuthorizationSetBuilder::RsaKey(uint32_t key_size,
                                                          uint64_t public_exponent) {
     Authorization(TAG_ALGORITHM, Algorithm::RSA);
diff --git a/security/keymint/support/include/keymint_support/authorization_set.h b/security/keymint/support/include/keymint_support/authorization_set.h
index 01c4080..0277200 100644
--- a/security/keymint/support/include/keymint_support/authorization_set.h
+++ b/security/keymint/support/include/keymint_support/authorization_set.h
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@
 class AuthorizationSetBuilder;
 
 /**
- * An ordered collection of KeyParameters. It provides memory ownership and some convenient
- * functionality for sorting, deduplicating, joining, and subtracting sets of KeyParameters.
- * For serialization, wrap the backing store of this structure in a vector<KeyParameter>.
+ * A collection of KeyParameters. It provides memory ownership and some convenient functionality for
+ * sorting, deduplicating, joining, and subtracting sets of KeyParameters.
  */
 class AuthorizationSet {
   public:
@@ -219,9 +218,6 @@
         return result;
     }
 
-    void Serialize(std::ostream* out) const;
-    void Deserialize(std::istream* in);
-
   private:
     NullOr<const KeyParameter&> GetEntry(Tag tag) const;