diff --git a/ingest-linux/Cargo.toml b/ingest-linux/Cargo.toml
index f8ea59d..28e6e89 100644
--- a/ingest-linux/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ingest-linux/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,13 +2,10 @@
 name = "ingest-linux"
 version = "0.0.1"
 authors = ["Dominik Werder <dominik.werder@gmail.com>"]
-edition = "2021"
+edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
 libc = "0.2"
-thiserror = "=0.0.1"
+autoerr = "0.0.3"
 log = { path = "../log" }
 taskrun = { path = "../../daqbuffer/crates/taskrun" }
-
-[patch.crates-io]
-thiserror = { git = "https://github.com/dominikwerder/thiserror.git", branch = "cstm" }
diff --git a/ingest-linux/src/net.rs b/ingest-linux/src/net.rs
index a752a15..ed6ac5d 100644
--- a/ingest-linux/src/net.rs
+++ b/ingest-linux/src/net.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use taskrun::tokio;
-use thiserror::Error;
 use tokio::net::TcpStream;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Error)]
-#[error("{self}")]
-pub enum Error {
-    SocketOptionSet,
-    SocketOptionGet,
-}
+autoerr::create_error_v1!(
+    name(Error, "LinuxNetError"),
+    enum variants {
+        SocketOptionSet,
+        SocketOptionGet,
+    },
+);
 
 pub fn local_hostname() -> String {
     let mut buf = vec![0u8; 128];
diff --git a/ingest-linux/src/signal.rs b/ingest-linux/src/signal.rs
index 70bacb0..ee39997 100644
--- a/ingest-linux/src/signal.rs
+++ b/ingest-linux/src/signal.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 use std::mem::MaybeUninit;
-use thiserror::Error;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Error)]
-#[cstm(name = "LinuxSignal")]
-pub enum Error {
-    SignalHandlerSet,
-    SignalHandlerUnset,
-}
+autoerr::create_error_v1!(
+    name(Error, "LinuxSignalError"),
+    enum variants {
+        SignalHandlerSet,
+        SignalHandlerUnset,
+    },
+);
 
 pub fn set_signal_handler(
     signum: libc::c_int,
diff --git a/netfetch/Cargo.toml b/netfetch/Cargo.toml
index 549c329..59cbd6a 100644
--- a/netfetch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/netfetch/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ serieswriter = { path = "../serieswriter" }
 stats = { path = "../stats" }
 scywr = { path = "../scywr" }
 dbpg = { path = "../dbpg" }
-serde_helper = { path = "../serde_helper" }
 ingest-linux = { path = "../ingest-linux" }
 err = { path = "../../daqbuf-err", package = "daqbuf-err" }
 netpod = { path = "../../daqbuf-netpod", package = "daqbuf-netpod" }
@@ -53,12 +52,10 @@ items_2 = { path = "../../daqbuf-items-2", package = "daqbuf-items-2" }
 streams = { path = "../../daqbuf-streams", package = "daqbuf-streams" }
 ca_proto = { path = "../../daqbuf-ca-proto", package = "daqbuf-ca-proto" }
 ca-proto-tokio = { path = "../../daqbuf-ca-proto-tokio", package = "daqbuf-ca-proto-tokio" }
+serde-helper = { path = "../../daqbuf-serde-helper", package = "daqbuf-serde-helper" }
 taskrun = { path = "../../daqbuffer/crates/taskrun" }
 mrucache = { path = "../mrucache" }
 batchtools = { path = "../batchtools" }
 
-[patch.crates-io]
-thiserror = { git = "https://github.com/dominikwerder/thiserror.git", branch = "cstm" }
-
 [features]
 disabled = []
diff --git a/serde_helper/Cargo.toml b/serde_helper/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index b6a0cdc..0000000
--- a/serde_helper/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "serde_helper"
-version = "0.0.1"
-authors = ["Dominik Werder <dominik.werder@gmail.com>"]
-edition = "2021"
-
-[dependencies]
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/serde_helper/src/lib.rs b/serde_helper/src/lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3164c32..0000000
--- a/serde_helper/src/lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-pub mod serde_dummy;
-pub mod serde_instant;
diff --git a/serde_helper/src/serde_dummy.rs b/serde_helper/src/serde_dummy.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index ffbc0eb..0000000
--- a/serde_helper/src/serde_dummy.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#[allow(non_snake_case)]
-pub mod serde_dummy {
-    use serde::Serializer;
-
-    #[allow(unused)]
-    pub fn serialize<S, T>(val: &T, ser: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
-    where
-        S: Serializer,
-    {
-        ser.serialize_str("DUMMY")
-    }
-}
diff --git a/serde_helper/src/serde_instant.rs b/serde_helper/src/serde_instant.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 384b553..0000000
--- a/serde_helper/src/serde_instant.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#[allow(non_snake_case)]
-pub mod serde_Instant_elapsed_ms {
-    use serde::Serializer;
-    use std::time::Instant;
-
-    #[allow(unused)]
-    pub fn serialize<S>(val: &Instant, ser: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
-    where
-        S: Serializer,
-    {
-        let dur = val.elapsed();
-        ser.serialize_u64(dur.as_secs() * 1000 + dur.subsec_millis() as u64)
-    }
-}