diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ae34826..be24b23 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -417,15 +417,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "piper",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "brownstone"
-version = "3.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c5839ee4f953e811bfdcf223f509cb2c6a3e1447959b0bff459405575bc17f22"
-dependencies = [
- "arrayvec",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bstr"
 version = "1.9.1"
@@ -1639,12 +1630,6 @@ version = "0.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "029d73f573d8e8d63e6d5020011d3255b28c3ba85d6cf870a07184ed23de9284"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "indent_write"
-version = "2.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0cfe9645a18782869361d9c8732246be7b410ad4e919d3609ebabdac00ba12c3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.2.6"
@@ -1760,12 +1745,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "joinery"
-version = "2.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "72167d68f5fce3b8655487b8038691a3c9984ee769590f93f2a631f4ad64e4f5"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "jpeg-decoder"
 version = "0.1.22"
@@ -1785,33 +1764,16 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "kaydle"
-version = "0.2.0"
+name = "kdl"
+version = "4.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2b2de193d14f7d6f3288f5ee1c38b0d7869e95c322fc5e54d1c385765172db53"
+checksum = "062c875482ccb676fd40c804a40e3824d4464c18c364547456d1c8e8e951ae47"
 dependencies = [
- "kaydle-primitives",
- "lazy_format",
+ "miette",
  "nom",
- "nom-supreme",
- "serde",
- "serde-mobile",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "kaydle-primitives"
-version = "3.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2f31f657f34304c4853f1e3a3f3c9a556d0462d7004460791728713d61d88272"
-dependencies = [
- "arrayvec",
- "memchr",
- "nom",
- "nom-supreme",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "khronos-egl"
 version = "5.0.0"
@@ -1838,12 +1800,6 @@ version = "5.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "10257499f089cd156ad82d0a9cd57d9501fa2c989068992a97eb3c27836f206b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "lazy_format"
-version = "1.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b05662be9cd63006934464f935195ae936460edb75de7b9a07e0509795afbdc3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -2018,6 +1974,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "paste",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miette"
+version = "5.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "59bb584eaeeab6bd0226ccf3509a69d7936d148cf3d036ad350abe35e8c6856e"
+dependencies = [
+ "miette-derive",
+ "once_cell",
+ "thiserror",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "miette-derive"
+version = "5.10.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49e7bc1560b95a3c4a25d03de42fe76ca718ab92d1a22a55b9b4cf67b3ae635c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.63",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -2189,7 +2168,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "careless",
  "funnylog",
  "inkjet",
- "kaydle",
  "log",
  "ming",
  "serde",
@@ -2219,19 +2197,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "minimal-lexical",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nom-supreme"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2bd3ae6c901f1959588759ff51c95d24b491ecb9ff91aa9c2ef4acc5b1dcab27"
-dependencies = [
- "brownstone",
- "indent_write",
- "joinery",
- "memchr",
- "nom",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "num"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -3106,15 +3071,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde-mobile"
-version = "3.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c32e12ac49f4f1fde3b44b9eccfcc6cb70bbb2622dac40698b34c3d607cf21a4"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
 version = "1.0.201"
@@ -3149,6 +3105,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_kdl"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "kdl",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_repr"
 version = "0.1.19"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9b86945..e065d7e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ anyhow.workspace = true
 widestring = "1.1.0"
 log.workspace = true
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
-kaydle = "0.2.0"
 inkjet = { version = "0.10.5", features = ["language-rust", "language-toml", "language-zig"], default-features = false }
 careless = { git = "https://codeberg.org/minky/careless", version = "0.1.0" }
 
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 collections.path = "crates/collections"
 ming.path = "crates/ming"
 ming_macros.path = "crates/ming_macros"
+serde_kdl.path = "crates/serde_kdl"
 refineable.path = "crates/refineable"
 util.path = "crates/util"
 
diff --git a/crates/serde_kdl/Cargo.toml b/crates/serde_kdl/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d78872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/serde_kdl/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "serde_kdl"
+version.workspace = true
+edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+
+[dependencies]
+kdl = "4.6.0"
+serde.workspace = true
+
+[lints]
+workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/serde_kdl/src/lib.rs b/crates/serde_kdl/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d12d9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/serde_kdl/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+pub fn add(left: usize, right: usize) -> usize {
+    left + right
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_works() {
+        let result = add(2, 2);
+        assert_eq!(result, 4);
+    }
+}