diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 48bba047245c762c08145a98223833669b6fedac..35b82f04b47a2a67c2a9ca8ef0b05ec6f3f7b5fd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ dns-lookup = {version="1.0.8"}
 #sha1 is used in openpgp signature generation
 sha1 = "0.10.5"
 sha2 = "0.10.6"
-bincode = "2.0.0-rc.2"
+bincode = "2.0.0-rc.3"
 secstr = "0.5.1"
 openssl = "0.10.45"
 actix-identity = "0.5.2"
diff --git a/src/client/file_handler/kernel_module.rs b/src/client/file_handler/kernel_module.rs
index fa277f3ad904fd83b584cdf79bb30987b0d4282b..4c2b34ee86eb0c3255cc68fb6e9f6543657098b8 100644
--- a/src/client/file_handler/kernel_module.rs
+++ b/src/client/file_handler/kernel_module.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ impl KernelModuleFileHandler {
         signed.write_all(&bincode::encode_to_vec(
             &sig_struct,
             config::standard()
-                .skip_fixed_array_length()
                 .with_fixed_int_encoding()
                 .with_big_endian(),
         )?)?;
@@ -117,7 +116,6 @@ impl KernelModuleFileHandler {
                     let signature: ModuleSignature = bincode::decode_from_slice(
                         &signature_meta,
                         config::standard()
-                            .skip_fixed_array_length()
                             .with_fixed_int_encoding()
                             .with_big_endian(),
                     )?.0;