diff --git a/config/provider/inmem.go b/config/provider/inmem.go
index 753c0064..0c56f7b5 100644
--- a/config/provider/inmem.go
+++ b/config/provider/inmem.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/config"
+	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/encoding"
 	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/utils"
 )
 
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ func (l *InMem) GetKey(key string) string {
 func (l *InMem) GetObject(key string, result interface{}) error {
 	l.mutex.Lock()
 	defer l.mutex.Unlock()
-	return utils.Unmarshal(l.store[key], result)
+	return encoding.Unmarshal([]byte(l.store[key]), result)
 }
 
 // SetObject sets an object value for the key
diff --git a/utils/kubernetes/crd.go b/utils/kubernetes/crd.go
index b42cfbc9..0525a624 100644
--- a/utils/kubernetes/crd.go
+++ b/utils/kubernetes/crd.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package kubernetes
 import (
 	"context"
 
-	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/utils"
+	"github.com/layer5io/meshkit/encoding"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 )
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func GetAllCustomResourcesInCluster(ctx context.Context, client rest.Interface)
 	}
 	var xcrd CRD
 	gvks := []*schema.GroupVersionResource{}
-	err = utils.Unmarshal(string(crdresult), &xcrd)
+	err = encoding.Unmarshal(crdresult, &xcrd)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}