diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index 5268579..b043b0f 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::hello::{Greeting, GreetingDocument, HelloDocument};
 use crate::request::{Command, CommandDocument, Extension, Transaction};
 use crate::response::{Response, ResponseDocument, ResponseStatus};
-use crate::xml::EppXml;
+use crate::xml;
 
 /// An `EppClient` provides an interface to sending EPP requests to a registry
 ///
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@ impl<C: Connector> EppClient<C> {
 
     /// Executes an EPP Hello call and returns the response as a `Greeting`
     pub async fn hello(&mut self) -> Result<Greeting, Error> {
-        let hello_xml = HelloDocument::default().serialize()?;
+        let xml = xml::serialize(&HelloDocument::default())?;
 
-        debug!("{}: hello: {}", self.connection.registry, &hello_xml);
-        let response = self.connection.transact(&hello_xml)?.await?;
+        debug!("{}: hello: {}", self.connection.registry, &xml);
+        let response = self.connection.transact(&xml)?.await?;
         debug!("{}: greeting: {}", self.connection.registry, &response);
 
-        Ok(GreetingDocument::deserialize(&response)?.data)
+        Ok(xml::deserialize::<GreetingDocument>(&response)?.data)
     }
 
     pub async fn transact<'c, 'e, Cmd, Ext>(
@@ -127,14 +127,13 @@ impl<C: Connector> EppClient<C> {
     {
         let data = data.into();
         let document = CommandDocument::new(data.command, data.extension, id);
-        let xml = document.serialize()?;
+        let xml = xml::serialize(&document)?;
 
         debug!("{}: request: {}", self.connection.registry, &xml);
         let response = self.connection.transact(&xml)?.await?;
         debug!("{}: response: {}", self.connection.registry, &response);
 
-        let rsp =
-            <ResponseDocument<Cmd::Response, Ext::Response> as EppXml>::deserialize(&response)?;
+        let rsp = xml::deserialize::<ResponseDocument<Cmd::Response, Ext::Response>>(&response)?;
         if rsp.data.result.code.is_success() {
             return Ok(rsp.data);
         }
@@ -161,7 +160,7 @@ impl<C: Connector> EppClient<C> {
 
     /// Returns the greeting received on establishment of the connection as an `Greeting`
     pub fn greeting(&self) -> Result<Greeting, Error> {
-        GreetingDocument::deserialize(&self.connection.greeting).map(|obj| obj.data)
+        xml::deserialize::<GreetingDocument>(&self.connection.greeting).map(|obj| obj.data)
     }
 
     pub async fn reconnect(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
diff --git a/src/hello.rs b/src/hello.rs
index 697a60d..6a69429 100644
--- a/src/hello.rs
+++ b/src/hello.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize};
 
 use crate::common::{Options, ServiceExtension, Services, StringValue, EPP_XMLNS};
-use crate::xml::EppXml;
 
 // Request
 
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ impl Default for HelloDocument {
     }
 }
 
-impl EppXml for HelloDocument {}
-
 // Response
 
 /// Type for data within the <svcMenu> section of an EPP greeting
@@ -302,20 +299,18 @@ pub struct GreetingDocument {
     pub data: Greeting,
 }
 
-impl EppXml for GreetingDocument {}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use chrono::{TimeZone, Utc};
 
     use super::{ExpiryType, GreetingDocument, HelloDocument, Relative};
     use crate::tests::get_xml;
-    use crate::xml::EppXml;
+    use crate::xml;
 
     #[test]
     fn hello() {
         let xml = get_xml("request/hello.xml").unwrap();
-        let serialized = HelloDocument::default().serialize().unwrap();
+        let serialized = xml::serialize(&HelloDocument::default()).unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(xml, serialized);
     }
@@ -323,7 +318,7 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn greeting() {
         let xml = get_xml("response/greeting.xml").unwrap();
-        let object = GreetingDocument::deserialize(xml.as_str()).unwrap();
+        let object = xml::deserialize::<GreetingDocument>(xml.as_str()).unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(object.data.service_id, "ISPAPI EPP Server");
         assert_eq!(
diff --git a/src/request.rs b/src/request.rs
index 464bcea..2f9b311 100644
--- a/src/request.rs
+++ b/src/request.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, ser::SerializeStruct, ser::Serializer, Serialize};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 
-use crate::{
-    common::{StringValue, EPP_XMLNS},
-    xml::EppXml,
-};
+use crate::common::{StringValue, EPP_XMLNS};
 
 pub const EPP_VERSION: &str = "1.0";
 pub const EPP_LANG: &str = "en";
@@ -73,5 +70,3 @@ impl<'a, Cmd, Ext> CommandDocument<'a, Cmd, Ext> {
         }
     }
 }
-
-impl<'a, D: Serialize, E: Serialize> EppXml for CommandDocument<'a, D, E> {}
diff --git a/src/response.rs b/src/response.rs
index 81219bc..ba6bdca 100644
--- a/src/response.rs
+++ b/src/response.rs
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@
 use std::fmt::{self, Debug};
 
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
-use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Deserialize};
+use serde::Deserialize;
 
 use crate::common::StringValue;
-use crate::xml::EppXml;
 
 /// Type corresponding to the <undef> tag an EPP response XML
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
@@ -218,8 +217,6 @@ pub struct ResponseDocument<D, E> {
     pub data: Response<D, E>,
 }
 
-impl<D: DeserializeOwned, E: DeserializeOwned> EppXml for ResponseDocument<D, E> {}
-
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 #[serde(rename = "epp")]
 pub struct ResultDocument {
@@ -227,8 +224,6 @@ pub struct ResultDocument {
     pub data: ResponseStatus,
 }
 
-impl EppXml for ResultDocument {}
-
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq)]
 /// Type corresponding to the &lt;response&gt; tag in an EPP response XML
 /// without <msgQ> or &lt;resData&gt; sections. Generally used for error handling
@@ -261,12 +256,12 @@ impl<T, E> Response<T, E> {
 mod tests {
     use super::{ResultCode, ResultDocument};
     use crate::tests::{get_xml, CLTRID, SVTRID};
-    use crate::xml::EppXml;
+    use crate::xml;
 
     #[test]
     fn error() {
         let xml = get_xml("response/error.xml").unwrap();
-        let object = ResultDocument::deserialize(xml.as_str()).unwrap();
+        let object = xml::deserialize::<ResultDocument>(xml.as_str()).unwrap();
 
         assert_eq!(object.data.result.code, ResultCode::ObjectDoesNotExist);
         assert_eq!(object.data.result.message, "Object does not exist".into());
diff --git a/src/tests/mod.rs b/src/tests/mod.rs
index c260c6f..01b3ab3 100644
--- a/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::{
     common::NoExtension,
     request::{Command, CommandDocument, Extension, Transaction},
     response::{Response, ResponseDocument},
-    xml::EppXml,
+    xml,
 };
 
 pub(crate) const RESOURCES_DIR: &str = "./tests/resources";
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ pub(crate) fn assert_serialized<'c, 'e, Cmd, Ext>(
     let expected = get_xml(path).unwrap();
     let req = req.into();
     let document = CommandDocument::new(req.command, req.extension, CLTRID);
-    let actual = EppXml::serialize(&document).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(expected, actual);
+    assert_eq!(expected, xml::serialize(&document).unwrap());
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn response_from_file<'c, Cmd>(
@@ -68,8 +67,7 @@ where
     Ext: Extension,
 {
     let xml = get_xml(path).unwrap();
-    let rsp =
-        <ResponseDocument<Cmd::Response, Ext::Response> as EppXml>::deserialize(&xml).unwrap();
+    let rsp = xml::deserialize::<ResponseDocument<Cmd::Response, Ext::Response>>(&xml).unwrap();
     assert!(rsp.data.result.code.is_success());
     rsp.data
 }
diff --git a/src/xml.rs b/src/xml.rs
index ebdc500..960df83 100644
--- a/src/xml.rs
+++ b/src/xml.rs
@@ -6,25 +6,14 @@ use crate::error::Error;
 
 pub const EPP_XML_HEADER: &str = r#"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>"#;
 
-/// Trait to be implemented by serializers. Currently the only included serializer is `quick-xml`
-pub trait EppXml: Sized {
-    /// Serializes the EppObject instance to an EPP XML document
-    fn serialize(&self) -> Result<String, Error>
-    where
-        Self: Serialize,
-    {
-        Ok(format!(
-            "{}\r\n{}",
-            EPP_XML_HEADER,
-            quick_xml::se::to_string(self).map_err(|e| Error::Xml(e.into()))?
-        ))
-    }
-
-    /// Deserializes an EPP XML document to an EppObject instance
-    fn deserialize(epp_xml: &str) -> Result<Self, Error>
-    where
-        Self: DeserializeOwned + Sized,
-    {
-        quick_xml::de::from_str::<Self>(epp_xml).map_err(|e| Error::Xml(e.into()))
-    }
+pub(crate) fn serialize(doc: &impl Serialize) -> Result<String, Error> {
+    Ok(format!(
+        "{}\r\n{}",
+        EPP_XML_HEADER,
+        quick_xml::se::to_string(doc).map_err(|e| Error::Xml(e.into()))?
+    ))
+}
+
+pub(crate) fn deserialize<T: DeserializeOwned>(xml: &str) -> Result<T, Error> {
+    quick_xml::de::from_str(xml).map_err(|e| Error::Xml(e.into()))
 }