diff --git a/lib/element.ts b/lib/element.ts
index 5dc5c7c06..1ec7cabdf 100644
--- a/lib/element.ts
+++ b/lib/element.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export interface WebdriverWebElement extends WebElement {}
 
 let WEB_ELEMENT_FUNCTIONS = [
   'click', 'sendKeys', 'getTagName', 'getCssValue', 'getAttribute', 'getText', 'getSize',
-  'getLocation', 'isEnabled', 'isSelected', 'submit', 'clear', 'isDisplayed', 'getId', 'serialize',
+  'getLocation', 'isEnabled', 'isSelected', 'submit', 'clear', 'isDisplayed', 'getId', 
   'takeScreenshot'
 ] as (keyof WebdriverWebElement)[];
 
diff --git a/lib/selenium-webdriver/webdriver.js b/lib/selenium-webdriver/webdriver.js
index 3c46a3dac..d0b21d5da 100644
--- a/lib/selenium-webdriver/webdriver.js
+++ b/lib/selenium-webdriver/webdriver.js
@@ -415,14 +415,6 @@ webdriver.WebElement.prototype.getDriver = function() {};
  */
 webdriver.WebElement.prototype.getId = function() {};
 
-/**
- * Returns a promise for the web element's serialized representation.
- *
- * @returns {!webdriver.promise.Promise.<webdriver.WebElement.Id>}
- *     This instance's serialized wire format.
- */
-webdriver.WebElement.prototype.serialize = function() {};
-
 /**
  * Use {@link ElementFinder.prototype.element} instead
  *