diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9d95151da9..d7d0832bb3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1315,7 +1315,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc-hash",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "serde_path_to_error",
  "sourcegen",
  "stdx",
  "syntax",
@@ -1453,15 +1452,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_path_to_error"
-version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "42f6109f0506e20f7e0f910e51a0079acf41da8e0694e6442527c4ddf5a2b158"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_repr"
 version = "0.1.7"
diff --git a/crates/rust-analyzer/Cargo.toml b/crates/rust-analyzer/Cargo.toml
index 8a18d5801a..b835500561 100644
--- a/crates/rust-analyzer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rust-analyzer/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ oorandom = "11.1.2"
 rustc-hash = "1.1.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.106", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.48", features = ["preserve_order"] }
-serde_path_to_error = "0.1"
 threadpool = "1.7.1"
 rayon = "1.5"
 mimalloc = { version = "0.1.19", default-features = false, optional = true }
diff --git a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/lib.rs b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/lib.rs
index c8c996f0da..d29ec512d6 100644
--- a/crates/rust-analyzer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/rust-analyzer/src/lib.rs
@@ -41,16 +41,17 @@ pub mod config;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod integrated_benchmarks;
 
-use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use std::fmt;
 
+use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
+
 pub use crate::{caps::server_capabilities, main_loop::main_loop};
 
 pub type Error = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>;
 pub type Result<T, E = Error> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
 
 pub fn from_json<T: DeserializeOwned>(what: &'static str, json: serde_json::Value) -> Result<T> {
-    let res = serde_path_to_error::deserialize(&json)
+    let res = serde_json::from_value(json.clone())
         .map_err(|e| format!("Failed to deserialize {}: {}; {}", what, e, json))?;
     Ok(res)
 }