diff --git a/src/lune/builtins/serde/encode_decode.rs b/src/lune/builtins/serde/encode_decode.rs
index d8bae5c..8457a25 100644
--- a/src/lune/builtins/serde/encode_decode.rs
+++ b/src/lune/builtins/serde/encode_decode.rs
@@ -87,11 +87,7 @@ impl EncodeDecodeConfig {
         lua.create_string(bytes)
     }
 
-    pub fn deserialize_from_string<'lua>(
-        self,
-        lua: &'lua Lua,
-        string: BString,
-    ) -> LuaResult<LuaValue<'lua>> {
+    pub fn deserialize_from_string(self, lua: &Lua, string: BString) -> LuaResult<LuaValue> {
         let bytes = string.as_bytes();
         match self.format {
             EncodeDecodeFormat::Json => {
diff --git a/src/lune/builtins/serde/mod.rs b/src/lune/builtins/serde/mod.rs
index 910cb59..de351a3 100644
--- a/src/lune/builtins/serde/mod.rs
+++ b/src/lune/builtins/serde/mod.rs
@@ -26,26 +26,23 @@ fn serde_encode<'lua>(
     config.serialize_to_string(lua, val)
 }
 
-fn serde_decode<'lua>(
-    lua: &'lua Lua,
-    (format, str): (EncodeDecodeFormat, BString),
-) -> LuaResult<LuaValue<'lua>> {
+fn serde_decode(lua: &Lua, (format, str): (EncodeDecodeFormat, BString)) -> LuaResult<LuaValue> {
     let config = EncodeDecodeConfig::from(format);
     config.deserialize_from_string(lua, str)
 }
 
-async fn serde_compress<'lua>(
-    lua: &'lua Lua,
+async fn serde_compress(
+    lua: &Lua,
     (format, str): (CompressDecompressFormat, BString),
-) -> LuaResult<LuaString<'lua>> {
+) -> LuaResult<LuaString> {
     let bytes = compress(format, str).await?;
     lua.create_string(bytes)
 }
 
-async fn serde_decompress<'lua>(
-    lua: &'lua Lua,
+async fn serde_decompress(
+    lua: &Lua,
     (format, str): (CompressDecompressFormat, BString),
-) -> LuaResult<LuaString<'lua>> {
+) -> LuaResult<LuaString> {
     let bytes = decompress(format, str).await?;
     lua.create_string(bytes)
 }