diff --git a/peach-stats/Cargo.toml b/peach-stats/Cargo.toml
index b603d20..82b9c95 100644
--- a/peach-stats/Cargo.toml
+++ b/peach-stats/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ jsonrpc-core = "11"
 jsonrpc-http-server = "11"
 jsonrpc-test = "11"
 log = "0.4"
+miniserde = "0.1.15"
 probes = "0.3"
-serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1"
 snafu = "0.4"
 systemstat = "0.1"
diff --git a/peach-stats/README.md b/peach-stats/README.md
index f187a53..b2d527e 100644
--- a/peach-stats/README.md
+++ b/peach-stats/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ System statistics microservice module for PeachCloud. Provides a JSON-RPC wrappe
 | `load_average` | Load average statistics | `one`, `five`, `fifteen` |
 | `mem_stats` | Memory statistics | `total`, `free`, `used` |
 | `ping` | Microservice status | `success` if running |
-| `uptime` | System uptime | `secs`, `nanos` |
+| `uptime` | System uptime | `secs` |
 
 ### Environment
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ With microservice running, open a second terminal window and use `curl` to call
 
 Server responds with:
 
-`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"{\"secs\":840968,\"nanos\":0}","id":1}`
+`{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"{\"secs\":840968}","id":1}`
 
 ### Licensing
 
diff --git a/peach-stats/src/error.rs b/peach-stats/src/error.rs
index 12ce99d..53ba6a1 100644
--- a/peach-stats/src/error.rs
+++ b/peach-stats/src/error.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ use std::{error, io};
 
 use jsonrpc_core::{types::error::Error, ErrorCode};
 use probes::ProbeError;
-use serde_json::Error as SerdeError;
 use snafu::Snafu;
 
 pub type BoxError = Box<dyn error::Error>;
@@ -24,9 +23,6 @@ pub enum StatError {
 
     #[snafu(display("Failed to retrieve system uptime: {}", source))]
     ReadUptime { source: io::Error },
-
-    #[snafu(display("JSON serialization failed: {}", source))]
-    SerdeSerialize { source: SerdeError },
 }
 
 impl From<StatError> for Error {
@@ -57,11 +53,6 @@ impl From<StatError> for Error {
                 message: format!("Failed to retrieve system uptime: {}", source),
                 data: None,
             },
-            StatError::SerdeSerialize { source } => Error {
-                code: ErrorCode::ServerError(-32002),
-                message: format!("JSON serialization failed: {}", source),
-                data: None,
-            },
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/peach-stats/src/stats.rs b/peach-stats/src/stats.rs
index a3c42bb..f539410 100644
--- a/peach-stats/src/stats.rs
+++ b/peach-stats/src/stats.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::result::Result;
 
+use miniserde::json;
 use probes::{cpu, disk_usage, load, memory};
 use snafu::ResultExt;
 use systemstat::{Platform, System};
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ pub fn cpu_stats() -> Result<String, StatError> {
         nice: s.nice,
         idle: s.idle,
     };
-    let json_cpu = serde_json::to_string(&cpu).context(SerdeSerialize)?;
+    let json_cpu = json::to_string(&cpu);
 
     Ok(json_cpu)
 }
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ pub fn cpu_stats_percent() -> Result<String, StatError> {
         nice: s.nice,
         idle: s.idle,
     };
-    let json_cpu = serde_json::to_string(&cpu).context(SerdeSerialize)?;
+    let json_cpu = json::to_string(&cpu);
 
     Ok(json_cpu)
 }
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ pub fn disk_usage() -> Result<String, StatError> {
         };
         disk_usages.push(disk);
     }
-    let json_disks = serde_json::to_string(&disk_usages).context(SerdeSerialize)?;
+    let json_disks = json::to_string(&disk_usages);
 
     Ok(json_disks)
 }
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ pub fn load_average() -> Result<String, StatError> {
         five: l.five,
         fifteen: l.fifteen,
     };
-    let json_load_avg = serde_json::to_string(&load_avg).context(SerdeSerialize)?;
+    let json_load_avg = json::to_string(&load_avg);
 
     Ok(json_load_avg)
 }
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ pub fn mem_stats() -> Result<String, StatError> {
         free: m.free(),
         used: m.used(),
     };
-    let json_mem = serde_json::to_string(&mem).context(SerdeSerialize)?;
+    let json_mem = json::to_string(&mem);
 
     Ok(json_mem)
 }
@@ -81,7 +82,8 @@ pub fn mem_stats() -> Result<String, StatError> {
 pub fn uptime() -> Result<String, StatError> {
     let sys = System::new();
     let uptime = sys.uptime().context(ReadUptime)?;
-    let json_uptime = serde_json::to_string(&uptime).context(SerdeSerialize)?;
+    let uptime_secs = uptime.as_secs();
+    let json_uptime = json::to_string(&uptime_secs);
 
     Ok(json_uptime)
 }
diff --git a/peach-stats/src/structs.rs b/peach-stats/src/structs.rs
index 1fe12ee..f307879 100644
--- a/peach-stats/src/structs.rs
+++ b/peach-stats/src/structs.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use serde::Serialize;
+use miniserde::Serialize;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
 pub struct CpuStat {