diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index decbb65..f1e4eb3 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate static_assertions;
 
-use self::{error::Result, http_client::HttpClient, sql::ser};
-use ::serde::Serialize;
+use self::{error::Result, http_client::HttpClient};
 use std::{collections::HashMap, fmt::Display, sync::Arc};
 
 pub use self::{compression::Compression, row::Row};
@@ -161,13 +160,6 @@ impl Client {
         self
     }
 
-    /// Specify server side parameter for all this client's queries.
-    pub fn param(self, name: &str, value: impl Serialize) -> Result<Self, String> {
-        let mut param = String::from("");
-        ser::write_param(&mut param, &value)?;
-        Ok(self.with_option(format!("param_{name}"), param))
-    }
-
     /// Used to specify a header that will be passed to all queries.
     ///
     /// # Example
diff --git a/tests/it/query.rs b/tests/it/query.rs
index b8373d8..6c2903b 100644
--- a/tests/it/query.rs
+++ b/tests/it/query.rs
@@ -87,12 +87,11 @@ async fn fetch_one_and_optional() {
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn server_side_param() {
-    let client = prepare_database!()
-        .param("val1", 42)
-        .expect("failed to bind 42");
+    let client = prepare_database!();
 
     let result = client
         .query("SELECT plus({val1: Int32}, {val2: Int32}) AS result")
+        .param("val2", 42)
         .param("val2", 144)
         .fetch_one::<u64>()
         .await