diff --git a/src/KafkaFlow.Serializer.ProtobufNet/ProtobufNetSerializer.cs b/src/KafkaFlow.Serializer.ProtobufNet/ProtobufNetSerializer.cs
index 471c3ed65..12d8a706d 100644
--- a/src/KafkaFlow.Serializer.ProtobufNet/ProtobufNetSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/KafkaFlow.Serializer.ProtobufNet/ProtobufNetSerializer.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 namespace KafkaFlow.Serializer
 {
-    using System;
     using System.IO;
     using System.Threading.Tasks;
     using ProtoBuf;
@@ -8,7 +7,7 @@
     /// <summary>
     /// A message serializer using protobuf-net library
     /// </summary>
-    public class ProtobufNetSerializer : ISerializer, IDeserializer
+    public class ProtobufNetSerializer : ISerializer
     {
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public Task SerializeAsync(object message, Stream output, ISerializerContext context)
@@ -17,11 +16,5 @@ public Task SerializeAsync(object message, Stream output, ISerializerContext con
 
             return Task.CompletedTask;
         }
-
-        /// <inheritdoc/>
-        public Task<object> DeserializeAsync(Stream input, Type type, ISerializerContext context)
-        {
-            return Task.FromResult(Serializer.Deserialize(type, input));
-        }
     }
 }