diff --git a/mavlink-bindgen/src/parser.rs b/mavlink-bindgen/src/parser.rs
index 98286f6b418..3a42ef2600f 100644
--- a/mavlink-bindgen/src/parser.rs
+++ b/mavlink-bindgen/src/parser.rs
@@ -746,11 +746,7 @@ impl MavMessage {
                 // If sent by an implementation that doesn't have the extensions fields
                 // then the recipient will see zero values for the extensions fields.
                 let serde_default = if field.is_extension {
-                    if field.enumtype.is_some() {
-                        quote!(#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(default))])
-                    } else {
-                        quote!(#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(default = "crate::RustDefault::rust_default"))])
-                    }
+                    quote!(#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(default))])
                 } else {
                     quote!()
                 };
diff --git a/mavlink-core/src/lib.rs b/mavlink-core/src/lib.rs
index dbe5ed5c1f7..c1d17879297 100644
--- a/mavlink-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/mavlink-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ use core::result::Result;
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
 
 pub mod utils;
-#[allow(unused_imports)]
-use utils::{remove_trailing_zeroes, RustDefault};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
diff --git a/mavlink-core/src/types.rs b/mavlink-core/src/types.rs
index ee72e056320..3b5f2ac635f 100644
--- a/mavlink-core/src/types.rs
+++ b/mavlink-core/src/types.rs
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ impl<const N: usize> From<&str> for CharArray<N> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<const N: usize> crate::utils::RustDefault for CharArray<N> {
+impl<const N: usize> Default for CharArray<N> {
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn rust_default() -> Self {
+    fn default() -> Self {
         Self::new([0u8; N])
     }
 }
diff --git a/mavlink-core/src/utils.rs b/mavlink-core/src/utils.rs
index 0603c77f61d..2eed9c88aa7 100644
--- a/mavlink-core/src/utils.rs
+++ b/mavlink-core/src/utils.rs
@@ -16,47 +16,6 @@ pub fn remove_trailing_zeroes(data: &[u8]) -> usize {
     len
 }
 
-/// A trait very similar to [`Default`] but is only implemented for the equivalent Rust types to
-/// `MavType`s.
-///
-/// This is only needed because rust doesn't currently implement `Default` for arrays
-/// of all sizes. In particular this trait is only ever used when the "serde" feature is enabled.
-/// For more information, check out [this issue](https://users.rust-lang.org/t/issue-for-derives-for-arrays-greater-than-size-32/59055/3).
-pub trait RustDefault: Copy {
-    fn rust_default() -> Self;
-}
-
-impl<T: RustDefault, const N: usize> RustDefault for [T; N] {
-    #[inline(always)]
-    fn rust_default() -> Self {
-        let val: T = RustDefault::rust_default();
-        [val; N]
-    }
-}
-
-macro_rules! impl_rust_default {
-    ($($t:ty => $val:expr),* $(,)?) => {
-        $(impl RustDefault for $t {
-            #[inline(always)]
-            fn rust_default() -> Self { $val }
-        })*
-    };
-}
-
-impl_rust_default! {
-    u8 => 0,
-    i8 => 0,
-    u16 => 0,
-    i16 => 0,
-    u32 => 0,
-    i32 => 0,
-    u64 => 0,
-    i64 => 0,
-    f32 => 0.0,
-    f64 => 0.0,
-    char => '\0',
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/mavlink/src/lib.rs b/mavlink/src/lib.rs
index 836ff57af6b..02c0067d08c 100644
--- a/mavlink/src/lib.rs
+++ b/mavlink/src/lib.rs
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/mod.rs"));
 
 pub use mavlink_core::*;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "emit-extensions")]
-#[allow(unused_imports)]
-pub(crate) use mavlink_core::utils::RustDefault;
-
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
 pub(crate) use mavlink_core::utils::nulstr;