diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cbfb3ecffe5..f48d8a84ab1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "serial_test",
  "tar",
  "tempfile",
  "test-binary",
@@ -1483,7 +1482,6 @@ checksum = "23342abe12aba583913b2e62f22225ff9c950774065e4bfb61a19cd9770fec40"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
- "futures-executor",
  "futures-io",
  "futures-sink",
  "futures-task",
@@ -1506,17 +1504,6 @@ version = "0.3.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4bca583b7e26f571124fe5b7561d49cb2868d79116cfa0eefce955557c6fee8c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "futures-executor"
-version = "0.3.28"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ccecee823288125bd88b4d7f565c9e58e41858e47ab72e8ea2d64e93624386e0"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "futures-task",
- "futures-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-io"
 version = "0.3.28"
@@ -3415,31 +3402,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.26",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serial_test"
-version = "2.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e56dd856803e253c8f298af3f4d7eb0ae5e23a737252cd90bb4f3b435033b2d"
-dependencies = [
- "dashmap",
- "futures",
- "lazy_static",
- "log",
- "parking_lot",
- "serial_test_derive",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "serial_test_derive"
-version = "2.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "91d129178576168c589c9ec973feedf7d3126c01ac2bf08795109aa35b69fb8f"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.26",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sha2"
 version = "0.10.7"
diff --git a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/Cargo.toml b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/Cargo.toml
index 67f6c2b83a9..21433813dc6 100644
--- a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.11.16", default-features = false, features = [
 ] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-serial_test = "2.0.0"
 test-binary = "3.0.1"
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/contract.rs b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/contract.rs
index 992e914e246..1541f6d28b4 100644
--- a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/contract.rs
+++ b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/contract.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ impl ContractCommand {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[serial_test::serial]
 fn contract_command() {
     use tempfile::tempdir;
 
diff --git a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/gates.rs b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/gates.rs
index ab904b5dbc6..eb8a49e4fb4 100644
--- a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/gates.rs
+++ b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/gates.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ impl GatesCommand {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[serial_test::serial]
 fn gate_command() {
     let backend = crate::get_mock_backend();
     let bytecode_path = PathBuf::from("./src/1_mul.bytecode");
diff --git a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/info.rs b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/info.rs
index a39122567d9..d8cc13fb9ca 100644
--- a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/info.rs
+++ b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/info.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ impl InfoCommand {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[serial_test::serial]
 fn info_command() {
     use acvm::acir::circuit::black_box_functions::BlackBoxFunc;
     use acvm::acir::circuit::opcodes::{BlackBoxFuncCall, Opcode};
diff --git a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/mod.rs b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/mod.rs
index f34738acb62..594cc51925f 100644
--- a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ pub(crate) use verify::VerifyCommand;
 pub(crate) use write_vk::WriteVkCommand;
 
 #[test]
-#[serial_test::serial]
 fn no_command_provided_works() {
     // This is a simple test to check that the binaries work
 
diff --git a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/prove.rs b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/prove.rs
index 653db87bb39..17db2b8659d 100644
--- a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/prove.rs
+++ b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/prove.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ impl ProveCommand {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[serial_test::serial]
 fn prove_command() {
     use tempfile::tempdir;
 
diff --git a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/verify.rs b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/verify.rs
index 74d0f7cbb1e..d788a6d2375 100644
--- a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/verify.rs
+++ b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/verify.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ impl VerifyCommand {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[serial_test::serial]
 fn verify_command() {
     use tempfile::tempdir;
 
diff --git a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/write_vk.rs b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/write_vk.rs
index 2c9fbaa5104..763ce1556a4 100644
--- a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/write_vk.rs
+++ b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/cli/write_vk.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ impl WriteVkCommand {
 }
 
 #[test]
-#[serial_test::serial]
 fn write_vk_command() {
     use tempfile::tempdir;
 
diff --git a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/smart_contract.rs b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/smart_contract.rs
index f848d6cab9d..468be1cd8da 100644
--- a/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/smart_contract.rs
+++ b/crates/acvm_backend_barretenberg/src/smart_contract.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ mod tests {
     use crate::get_mock_backend;
 
     #[test]
-    #[serial_test::serial]
     fn test_smart_contract() {
         let expression = &(Witness(1) + Witness(2)) - &Expression::from(Witness(3));
         let constraint = Opcode::Arithmetic(expression);