diff --git a/src/serialize.h b/src/serialize.h
--- a/src/serialize.h
+++ b/src/serialize.h
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@
     SER_GETHASH = (1 << 2),
 };
 
-#define READWRITE(obj) (::SerReadWrite(s, (obj), ser_action))
-#define READWRITEMANY(...) (::SerReadWriteMany(s, ser_action, __VA_ARGS__))
+#define READWRITE(...) (::SerReadWriteMany(s, ser_action, __VA_ARGS__))
 
 /**
  * Implement three methods for serializable objects. These are actually wrappers
@@ -825,17 +824,6 @@
     constexpr bool ForRead() const { return true; }
 };
 
-template <typename Stream, typename T>
-inline void SerReadWrite(Stream &s, const T &obj,
-                         CSerActionSerialize ser_action) {
-    ::Serialize(s, obj);
-}
-
-template <typename Stream, typename T>
-inline void SerReadWrite(Stream &s, T &obj, CSerActionUnserialize ser_action) {
-    ::Unserialize(s, obj);
-}
-
 /**
  * ::GetSerializeSize implementations
  *
@@ -877,11 +865,6 @@
 
 template <typename Stream> void SerializeMany(Stream &s) {}
 
-template <typename Stream, typename Arg>
-void SerializeMany(Stream &s, Arg &&arg) {
-    ::Serialize(s, std::forward<Arg>(arg));
-}
-
 template <typename Stream, typename Arg, typename... Args>
 void SerializeMany(Stream &s, Arg &&arg, Args &&... args) {
     ::Serialize(s, std::forward<Arg>(arg));
@@ -890,11 +873,6 @@
 
 template <typename Stream> inline void UnserializeMany(Stream &s) {}
 
-template <typename Stream, typename Arg>
-inline void UnserializeMany(Stream &s, Arg &arg) {
-    ::Unserialize(s, arg);
-}
-
 template <typename Stream, typename Arg, typename... Args>
 inline void UnserializeMany(Stream &s, Arg &arg, Args &... args) {
     ::Unserialize(s, arg);
diff --git a/src/test/serialize_tests.cpp b/src/test/serialize_tests.cpp
--- a/src/test/serialize_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/serialize_tests.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
     template <typename Stream, typename Operation>
     inline void SerializationOp(Stream &s, Operation ser_action) {
-        READWRITEMANY(intval, boolval, stringval, FLATDATA(charstrval), txval);
+        READWRITE(intval, boolval, stringval, FLATDATA(charstrval), txval);
     }
 };