diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ca164fc..15b1c3b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ readme = "README.md"
 
 [features]
 nightly = []
-serde_impl = ["serde", "serde_json"]
+serde_impl = ["serde", "serde_test"]
 
 [dependencies]
 clippy = { version = "0.*", optional = true }
 serde = { version = "^0.7", optional = true }
-serde_json = { version = "^0.7", optional = true }
+serde_test = { version = "^0.7", optional = true }
diff --git a/tests/serde.rs b/tests/serde.rs
index 0b4c6df..48ba51c 100644
--- a/tests/serde.rs
+++ b/tests/serde.rs
@@ -1,44 +1,41 @@
 #![cfg(feature = "serde_impl")]
 
 extern crate linked_hash_map;
-extern crate serde;
-extern crate serde_json;
-
 use linked_hash_map::LinkedHashMap;
 
+extern crate serde_test;
+use serde_test::{Token, assert_tokens};
+
 #[test]
-fn test_ser_empty() {
-    let map = LinkedHashMap::<String, u32>::new();
-    let j = serde_json::to_string(&map).unwrap();
-    let expected = "{}";
-    assert_eq!(j, expected);
+fn test_ser_de_empty() {
+    let map = LinkedHashMap::<char, u32>::new();
+
+    assert_tokens(&map, &[
+        Token::MapStart(Some(0)),
+        Token::MapEnd,
+    ]);
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn test_ser() {
+fn test_ser_de() {
     let mut map = LinkedHashMap::new();
-    map.insert("b", 20);
-    map.insert("a", 10);
-    map.insert("c", 30);
+    map.insert('b', 20);
+    map.insert('a', 10);
+    map.insert('c', 30);
 
-    let j = serde_json::to_string(&map).unwrap();
-    let expected = r#"{"b":20,"a":10,"c":30}"#;
-    assert_eq!(j, expected);
-}
+    assert_tokens(&map, &[
+        Token::MapStart(Some(3)),
+            Token::MapSep,
+            Token::Char('b'),
+            Token::I32(20),
 
-#[test]
-fn test_de_empty() {
-    let j = "{}";
-    let map: LinkedHashMap<String, u32> = serde_json::from_str(j).unwrap();
-    assert_eq!(map.len(), 0);
-}
+            Token::MapSep,
+            Token::Char('a'),
+            Token::I32(10),
 
-#[test]
-fn test_de() {
-    let j = r#"{"b":20,"a":10,"c":30}"#;
-    let map: LinkedHashMap<String, u32> = serde_json::from_str(j).unwrap();
-    let items: Vec<_> = map.iter().map(|(k, v)| (k.clone(), *v)).collect();
-    assert_eq!(items, [("b".to_owned(), 20),
-                       ("a".to_owned(), 10),
-                       ("c".to_owned(), 30)]);
+            Token::MapSep,
+            Token::Char('c'),
+            Token::I32(30),
+        Token::MapEnd,
+    ]);
 }