diff --git a/substrate/Cargo.lock b/substrate/Cargo.lock
index 4a32074c59..df85a5e703 100644
--- a/substrate/Cargo.lock
+++ b/substrate/Cargo.lock
@@ -3553,6 +3553,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pallet-contracts-rpc-runtime-api 2.0.0",
  "parity-scale-codec 1.0.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.103 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde_json 1.0.42 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "sp-blockchain 2.0.0",
  "sp-core 2.0.0",
  "sp-rpc 2.0.0",
@@ -3564,7 +3565,6 @@ name = "pallet-contracts-rpc-runtime-api"
 version = "2.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "parity-scale-codec 1.0.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.103 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "sp-api 2.0.0",
  "sp-runtime 2.0.0",
  "sp-std 2.0.0",
diff --git a/substrate/frame/contracts/rpc/Cargo.toml b/substrate/frame/contracts/rpc/Cargo.toml
index 64b2318d08..fa030cb9ff 100644
--- a/substrate/frame/contracts/rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/frame/contracts/rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ rpc-primitives = { package = "sp-rpc", path = "../../../primitives/rpc" }
 serde = { version = "1.0.101", features = ["derive"] }
 sp-runtime = { path = "../../../primitives/sr-primitives" }
 pallet-contracts-rpc-runtime-api = { path = "./runtime-api" }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+serde_json = "1.0.41"
diff --git a/substrate/frame/contracts/rpc/runtime-api/Cargo.toml b/substrate/frame/contracts/rpc/runtime-api/Cargo.toml
index ae71345488..dc044e1aeb 100644
--- a/substrate/frame/contracts/rpc/runtime-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/substrate/frame/contracts/rpc/runtime-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ edition = "2018"
 sp-api = { path = "../../../../primitives/sr-api", default-features = false }
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.0.0", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 rstd = { package = "sp-std", path = "../../../../primitives/sr-std", default-features = false }
-serde = { version = "1.0.101", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
 sp-runtime = { path = "../../../../primitives/sr-primitives", default-features = false }
 
 [features]
@@ -17,6 +16,5 @@ std = [
 	"sp-api/std",
 	"codec/std",
 	"rstd/std",
-	"serde",
 	"sp-runtime/std",
 ]
diff --git a/substrate/frame/contracts/rpc/runtime-api/src/lib.rs b/substrate/frame/contracts/rpc/runtime-api/src/lib.rs
index 2d3385d6d7..a4ee568c98 100644
--- a/substrate/frame/contracts/rpc/runtime-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/frame/contracts/rpc/runtime-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ use sp_runtime::RuntimeDebug;
 
 /// A result of execution of a contract.
 #[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Encode, Decode, RuntimeDebug)]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "std", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub enum ContractExecResult {
 	/// The contract returned successfully.
 	///
diff --git a/substrate/frame/contracts/rpc/src/lib.rs b/substrate/frame/contracts/rpc/src/lib.rs
index 3deee80cc3..ab0f89bd56 100644
--- a/substrate/frame/contracts/rpc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/substrate/frame/contracts/rpc/src/lib.rs
@@ -80,6 +80,35 @@ pub struct CallRequest<AccountId, Balance> {
 	input_data: Bytes,
 }
 
+/// An RPC serializable result of contract execution
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+pub enum RpcContractExecResult {
+	/// Successful execution
+	Success {
+		/// Status code
+		status: u8,
+		/// Output data
+		data: Bytes,
+	},
+	/// Error execution
+	Error(()),
+}
+
+impl From<ContractExecResult> for RpcContractExecResult {
+	fn from(r: ContractExecResult) -> Self {
+		match r {
+			ContractExecResult::Success { status, data } => {
+				RpcContractExecResult::Success { status, data: data.into() }
+			},
+			ContractExecResult::Error => {
+				RpcContractExecResult::Error(())
+			},
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /// Contracts RPC methods.
 #[rpc]
 pub trait ContractsApi<BlockHash, AccountId, Balance> {
@@ -94,7 +123,7 @@ pub trait ContractsApi<BlockHash, AccountId, Balance> {
 		&self,
 		call_request: CallRequest<AccountId, Balance>,
 		at: Option<BlockHash>,
-	) -> Result<ContractExecResult>;
+	) -> Result<RpcContractExecResult>;
 
 	/// Returns the value under a specified storage `key` in a contract given by `address` param,
 	/// or `None` if it is not set.
@@ -138,7 +167,7 @@ where
 		&self,
 		call_request: CallRequest<AccountId, Balance>,
 		at: Option<<Block as BlockT>::Hash>,
-	) -> Result<ContractExecResult> {
+	) -> Result<RpcContractExecResult> {
 		let api = self.client.runtime_api();
 		let at = BlockId::hash(at.unwrap_or_else(||
 			// If the block hash is not supplied assume the best block.
@@ -178,7 +207,7 @@ where
 				data: Some(format!("{:?}", e).into()),
 			})?;
 
-		Ok(exec_result)
+		Ok(exec_result.into())
 	}
 
 	fn get_storage(
@@ -207,3 +236,20 @@ where
 		Ok(get_storage_result)
 	}
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+	use super::*;
+
+	#[test]
+	fn should_serialize_deserialize_properly() {
+		fn test(expected: &str) {
+			let res: RpcContractExecResult  = serde_json::from_str(expected).unwrap();
+			let actual = serde_json::to_string(&res).unwrap();
+			assert_eq!(actual, expected);
+		}
+
+		test(r#"{"success":{"status":5,"data":"0x1234"}}"#);
+		test(r#"{"error":null}"#);
+	}
+}