diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/serialization.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/serialization.cs
index 0d3e8adf0de..401709f0f58 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/serialization.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/serialization.cs
@@ -5192,12 +5192,6 @@ internal static TypeSerializationInfo GetTypeSerializationInfoFromItemTag(string
                                       InternalSerializer.WriteVersion,
                                       InternalDeserializer.DeserializeVersion),
 
-            new TypeSerializationInfo(typeof(SemanticVersion),
-                                      SerializationStrings.SemanticVersionTag,
-                                      SerializationStrings.SemanticVersionTag,
-                                      InternalSerializer.WriteSemanticVersion,
-                                      InternalDeserializer.DeserializeSemanticVersion),
-
             s_xdInfo,
 
             new TypeSerializationInfo(typeof(ProgressRecord),
diff --git a/test/powershell/engine/Basic/SemanticVersion.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/engine/Basic/SemanticVersion.Tests.ps1
index 4a6d9bd5ab3..65b6136b257 100644
--- a/test/powershell/engine/Basic/SemanticVersion.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/engine/Basic/SemanticVersion.Tests.ps1
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ Describe "SemanticVersion api tests" -Tags 'CI' {
             $ser = [PSSerializer]::Serialize($semver)
             $des = [PSSerializer]::Deserialize($ser)
 
-            $des | Should -BeOfType System.Management.Automation.SemanticVersion
+            $des | Should -BeOfType System.Object
             $des.ToString() | Should -Be $expectedResult
         }
     }