diff --git a/app/Classes/FTN/Message.php b/app/Classes/FTN/Message.php
index d10c2bf..a56eff2 100644
--- a/app/Classes/FTN/Message.php
+++ b/app/Classes/FTN/Message.php
@@ -494,16 +494,6 @@ class Message extends FTNBase
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * When we serialise this object, we'll need to utf8_encode some values
-	 *
-	 * @return array
-	 */
-	public function __serialize(): array
-	{
-		return $this->encode();
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Export an FTN message, ready for sending.
 	 *
@@ -602,16 +592,6 @@ class Message extends FTNBase
 		return $return;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * When we unserialize, we'll restore (utf8_decode) some values
-	 *
-	 * @param array $values
-	 */
-	public function __unserialize(array $values): void
-	{
-		$this->decode($values);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Reduce our PATH/SEEN-BY for messages as per FSC-0068
 	 *