diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bd5e776001..a44fbe1c0e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1492,13 +1492,11 @@ version = "0.3.0-dev0"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-credential-types",
  "chrono",
- "common-error",
  "common-py-serde",
  "derive_more",
  "pyo3",
  "secrecy",
  "serde",
- "serde_json",
  "typetag",
 ]
 
diff --git a/daft/daft/__init__.pyi b/daft/daft/__init__.pyi
index b821f58115..6da06bb7f6 100644
--- a/daft/daft/__init__.pyi
+++ b/daft/daft/__init__.pyi
@@ -638,13 +638,6 @@ class IOConfig:
         gcs: GCSConfig | None = None,
         http: HTTPConfig | None = None,
     ): ...
-    @staticmethod
-    def from_json(input: str) -> IOConfig:
-        """
-        Recreate an IOConfig from a JSON string.
-        """
-        ...
-
     def replace(
         self,
         s3: S3Config | None = None,
diff --git a/daft/io/config.py b/daft/io/config.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 39246c1d77..0000000000
--- a/daft/io/config.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-from daft.daft import IOConfig
-
-
-def _io_config_from_json(io_config_json: str) -> IOConfig:
-    """Used when deserializing a serialized IOConfig object"""
-    return IOConfig.from_json(io_config_json)
diff --git a/src/common/io-config/Cargo.toml b/src/common/io-config/Cargo.toml
index ac9076ef8a..d132d74ee8 100644
--- a/src/common/io-config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/common/io-config/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 [dependencies]
 aws-credential-types = {version = "0.55.3"}
 chrono = {workspace = true}
-common-error = {path = "../error", default-features = false}
 common-py-serde = {path = "../py-serde", default-features = false}
 derive_more = {workspace = true}
 pyo3 = {workspace = true, optional = true}
 secrecy = {version = "0.8.0", features = ["alloc"], default-features = false}
 serde = {workspace = true}
-serde_json = {workspace = true}
 typetag = {workspace = true}
 
 [features]
-python = ["dep:pyo3", "common-error/python", "common-py-serde/python"]
+python = ["dep:pyo3", "common-py-serde/python"]
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/src/common/io-config/src/python.rs b/src/common/io-config/src/python.rs
index aeae87a714..e161e052e6 100644
--- a/src/common/io-config/src/python.rs
+++ b/src/common/io-config/src/python.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ use aws_credential_types::{
     provider::{error::CredentialsError, ProvideCredentials},
     Credentials,
 };
-use common_error::DaftError;
-use common_py_serde::{deserialize_py_object, serialize_py_object};
+use common_py_serde::{
+    deserialize_py_object, impl_bincode_py_state_serialization, serialize_py_object,
+};
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -131,8 +132,8 @@ pub struct GCSConfig {
 /// Example:
 ///     >>> io_config = IOConfig(s3=S3Config(key_id="xxx", access_key="xxx", num_tries=10), azure=AzureConfig(anonymous=True), gcs=GCSConfig(...))
 ///     >>> daft.read_parquet(["s3://some-path", "az://some-other-path", "gs://path3"], io_config=io_config)
-#[derive(Clone, Default)]
-#[pyclass]
+#[derive(Clone, Default, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[pyclass(module = "daft.daft")]
 pub struct IOConfig {
     pub config: config::IOConfig,
 }
@@ -234,23 +235,6 @@ impl IOConfig {
         })
     }
 
-    #[staticmethod]
-    pub fn from_json(input: &str) -> PyResult<Self> {
-        let config: config::IOConfig = serde_json::from_str(input).map_err(DaftError::from)?;
-        Ok(config.into())
-    }
-
-    pub fn __reduce__(&self, py: Python) -> PyResult<(PyObject, (String,))> {
-        let io_config_module = py.import_bound(pyo3::intern!(py, "daft.io.config"))?;
-        let json_string = serde_json::to_string(&self.config).map_err(DaftError::from)?;
-        Ok((
-            io_config_module
-                .getattr(pyo3::intern!(py, "_io_config_from_json"))?
-                .into(),
-            (json_string,),
-        ))
-    }
-
     pub fn __hash__(&self) -> PyResult<u64> {
         use std::{collections::hash_map::DefaultHasher, hash::Hash};
 
@@ -260,6 +244,8 @@ impl IOConfig {
     }
 }
 
+impl_bincode_py_state_serialization!(IOConfig);
+
 #[pymethods]
 impl S3Config {
     #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]