diff --git a/crates/polars-core/src/serde/chunked_array.rs b/crates/polars-core/src/serde/chunked_array.rs
index 0ff8b7b53f4b..6b24f1750d22 100644
--- a/crates/polars-core/src/serde/chunked_array.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-core/src/serde/chunked_array.rs
@@ -1,96 +1,12 @@
-use std::cell::RefCell;
-
-use serde::ser::{Error, SerializeMap};
 use serde::{Serialize, Serializer};
 
-use crate::chunked_array::flags::StatisticsFlags;
 use crate::prelude::*;
-use crate::series::implementations::null::NullChunked;
-
-pub struct IterSer<I>
-where
-    I: IntoIterator,
-    <I as IntoIterator>::Item: Serialize,
-{
-    iter: RefCell<Option<I>>,
-}
-
-impl<I> IterSer<I>
-where
-    I: IntoIterator,
-    <I as IntoIterator>::Item: Serialize,
-{
-    fn new(iter: I) -> Self {
-        IterSer {
-            iter: RefCell::new(Some(iter)),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<I> Serialize for IterSer<I>
-where
-    I: IntoIterator,
-    <I as IntoIterator>::Item: Serialize,
-{
-    fn serialize<S>(
-        &self,
-        serializer: S,
-    ) -> std::result::Result<<S as Serializer>::Ok, <S as Serializer>::Error>
-    where
-        S: Serializer,
-    {
-        let iter: I = self.iter.borrow_mut().take().unwrap();
-        serializer.collect_seq(iter)
-    }
-}
-
-fn serialize_impl<T, S>(
-    serializer: S,
-    name: &PlSmallStr,
-    dtype: &DataType,
-    bit_settings: StatisticsFlags,
-    ca: &ChunkedArray<T>,
-) -> std::result::Result<<S as Serializer>::Ok, <S as Serializer>::Error>
-where
-    T: PolarsNumericType,
-    T::Native: Serialize,
-    S: Serializer,
-{
-    let mut state = serializer.serialize_map(Some(4))?;
-    state.serialize_entry("name", name)?;
-    state.serialize_entry("datatype", dtype)?;
-    state.serialize_entry("bit_settings", &bit_settings)?;
-    state.serialize_entry("values", &IterSer::new(ca.iter()))?;
-    state.end()
-}
 
+// We don't use this internally (we call Series::serialize instead), but Rust users might need it.
 impl<T> Serialize for ChunkedArray<T>
 where
-    T: PolarsNumericType,
-    T::Native: Serialize,
-{
-    fn serialize<S>(
-        &self,
-        serializer: S,
-    ) -> std::result::Result<<S as Serializer>::Ok, <S as Serializer>::Error>
-    where
-        S: Serializer,
-    {
-        serialize_impl(
-            serializer,
-            self.name(),
-            self.dtype(),
-            self.get_flags(),
-            self,
-        )
-    }
-}
-
-impl<K: PolarsDataType, T: PolarsNumericType> Serialize for Logical<K, T>
-where
-    Self: LogicalType,
-    ChunkedArray<T>: Serialize,
-    T::Native: Serialize,
+    T: PolarsDataType,
+    ChunkedArray<T>: IntoSeries,
 {
     fn serialize<S>(
         &self,
@@ -99,104 +15,6 @@ where
     where
         S: Serializer,
     {
-        serialize_impl(
-            serializer,
-            self.name(),
-            self.dtype(),
-            self.get_flags(),
-            self,
-        )
-    }
-}
-
-macro_rules! impl_serialize {
-    ($ca: ident) => {
-        impl Serialize for $ca {
-            fn serialize<S>(
-                &self,
-                serializer: S,
-            ) -> std::result::Result<<S as Serializer>::Ok, <S as Serializer>::Error>
-            where
-                S: Serializer,
-            {
-                let mut state = serializer.serialize_map(Some(4))?;
-                state.serialize_entry("name", self.name())?;
-                state.serialize_entry("datatype", self.dtype())?;
-                state.serialize_entry("bit_settings", &self.get_flags())?;
-                state.serialize_entry("values", &IterSer::new(self.into_iter()))?;
-                state.end()
-            }
-        }
-    };
-}
-
-impl_serialize!(StringChunked);
-impl_serialize!(BooleanChunked);
-impl_serialize!(ListChunked);
-impl_serialize!(BinaryChunked);
-#[cfg(feature = "dtype-array")]
-impl_serialize!(ArrayChunked);
-
-#[cfg(feature = "dtype-categorical")]
-impl Serialize for CategoricalChunked {
-    fn serialize<S>(
-        &self,
-        serializer: S,
-    ) -> std::result::Result<<S as Serializer>::Ok, <S as Serializer>::Error>
-    where
-        S: Serializer,
-    {
-        {
-            let mut state = serializer.serialize_map(Some(4))?;
-            state.serialize_entry("name", self.name())?;
-            state.serialize_entry("datatype", self.dtype())?;
-            state.serialize_entry("bit_settings", &self.get_flags())?;
-            state.serialize_entry("values", &IterSer::new(self.iter_str()))?;
-            state.end()
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(feature = "dtype-struct")]
-impl Serialize for StructChunked {
-    fn serialize<S>(
-        &self,
-        serializer: S,
-    ) -> std::result::Result<<S as Serializer>::Ok, <S as Serializer>::Error>
-    where
-        S: Serializer,
-    {
-        {
-            if self.null_count() > 0 {
-                return Err(S::Error::custom(
-                    "serializing struct with outer validity not yet supported",
-                ));
-            }
-
-            let mut state = serializer.serialize_map(Some(4))?;
-            state.serialize_entry("name", self.name())?;
-            state.serialize_entry("datatype", self.dtype())?;
-            state.serialize_entry("length", &self.len())?;
-            state.serialize_entry("values", &self.fields_as_series())?;
-            state.end()
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Serialize for NullChunked {
-    fn serialize<S>(
-        &self,
-        serializer: S,
-    ) -> std::result::Result<<S as Serializer>::Ok, <S as Serializer>::Error>
-    where
-        S: Serializer,
-    {
-        {
-            let mut state = serializer.serialize_map(Some(3))?;
-            state.serialize_entry("name", self.name())?;
-            state.serialize_entry("datatype", self.dtype())?;
-            state.serialize_entry("values", &IterSer::new(std::iter::once(self.len())))?;
-            state.end()
-        }
+        self.clone().into_series().serialize(serializer)
     }
 }