diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6f4017fe71140..bdab09bde5550 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -7030,7 +7030,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "auto_enums",
  "auto_impl",
- "bincode 2.0.0-rc.3",
  "bitflags 2.4.0",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
diff --git a/src/common/Cargo.toml b/src/common/Cargo.toml
index bcb1ba2655107..04db863a2ad68 100644
--- a/src/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ arrow-schema = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 auto_enums = "0.8"
 auto_impl = "1"
-bincode = { version = "=2.0.0-rc.3", features = ["serde"] }
 bitflags = "2"
 byteorder = "1"
 bytes = "1"
diff --git a/src/common/src/util/epoch.rs b/src/common/src/util/epoch.rs
index bce8bdaa345a9..86ed158c2e206 100644
--- a/src/common/src/util/epoch.rs
+++ b/src/common/src/util/epoch.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use std::cmp::Ordering;
 use std::sync::LazyLock;
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
 
-use bincode::{Decode, Encode};
 use parse_display::Display;
 
 use crate::types::{ScalarImpl, Timestamptz};
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ impl From<u64> for Epoch {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Encode, Decode, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
 pub struct EpochPair {
     pub curr: u64,
     pub prev: u64,