diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_data_serializer.h b/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_data_serializer.h
index b1fefba5..927f5c4c 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_data_serializer.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_data_serializer.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ T readPOD(std::vector<uint8_t> &vec, size_t pos)
 
 } /* namespace */
 
-template<typename T>
+template<typename T, typename = void>
 class IPADataSerializer
 {
 public:
@@ -344,6 +344,52 @@ public:
 	}
 };
 
+template<typename E>
+class IPADataSerializer<E, std::enable_if_t<std::is_enum_v<E>>>
+{
+	using U = uint32_t;
+	static_assert(sizeof(E) <= sizeof(U));
+
+public:
+	static std::tuple<std::vector<uint8_t>, std::vector<SharedFD>>
+	serialize(const E &data, [[maybe_unused]] ControlSerializer *cs = nullptr)
+	{
+		std::vector<uint8_t> dataVec;
+		appendPOD<U>(dataVec, static_cast<U>(data));
+
+		return { dataVec, {} };
+	}
+
+	static E deserialize(std::vector<uint8_t> &data,
+			     [[maybe_unused]] ControlSerializer *cs = nullptr)
+	{
+		return deserialize(data.cbegin(), data.cend());
+	}
+
+	static E deserialize(std::vector<uint8_t>::const_iterator dataBegin,
+			     std::vector<uint8_t>::const_iterator dataEnd,
+			     [[maybe_unused]] ControlSerializer *cs = nullptr)
+	{
+		return static_cast<E>(readPOD<U>(dataBegin, 0, dataEnd));
+	}
+
+	static E deserialize(std::vector<uint8_t> &data,
+			     [[maybe_unused]] std::vector<SharedFD> &fds,
+			     [[maybe_unused]] ControlSerializer *cs = nullptr)
+	{
+		return deserialize(data.cbegin(), data.cend());
+	}
+
+	static E deserialize(std::vector<uint8_t>::const_iterator dataBegin,
+			     std::vector<uint8_t>::const_iterator dataEnd,
+			     [[maybe_unused]] std::vector<SharedFD>::const_iterator fdsBegin,
+			     [[maybe_unused]] std::vector<SharedFD>::const_iterator fdsEnd,
+			     [[maybe_unused]] ControlSerializer *cs = nullptr)
+	{
+		return deserialize(dataBegin, dataEnd);
+	}
+};
+
 #endif /* __DOXYGEN__ */
 
 } /* namespace libcamera */
diff --git a/utils/codegen/ipc/generators/libcamera_templates/proxy_functions.tmpl b/utils/codegen/ipc/generators/libcamera_templates/proxy_functions.tmpl
index 25476990..01e2567c 100644
--- a/utils/codegen/ipc/generators/libcamera_templates/proxy_functions.tmpl
+++ b/utils/codegen/ipc/generators/libcamera_templates/proxy_functions.tmpl
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@
  #}
 {%- macro serialize_call(params, buf, fds) %}
 {%- for param in params %}
-{%- if param|is_enum %}
-	static_assert(sizeof({{param|name_full}}) <= 4);
-{%- endif %}
 	std::vector<uint8_t> {{param.mojom_name}}Buf;
 {%- if param|has_fd %}
 	std::vector<SharedFD> {{param.mojom_name}}Fds;
@@ -62,13 +59,7 @@
 {%- else %}
 	std::tie({{param.mojom_name}}Buf, std::ignore) =
 {%- endif %}
-{%- if param|is_flags %}
 		IPADataSerializer<{{param|name_full}}>::serialize({{param.mojom_name}}
-{%- elif param|is_enum %}
-		IPADataSerializer<uint32_t>::serialize(static_cast<uint32_t>({{param.mojom_name}})
-{%- else %}
-		IPADataSerializer<{{param|name}}>::serialize({{param.mojom_name}}
-{% endif -%}
 {{- ", &controlSerializer_" if param|needs_control_serializer -}}
 );
 {%- endfor %}
@@ -107,13 +98,7 @@
  #}
 {%- macro deserialize_param(param, pointer, loop, buf, fds, iter, data_size) -%}
 {{"*" if pointer}}{{param.mojom_name}} =
-{%- if param|is_flags %}
 IPADataSerializer<{{param|name_full}}>::deserialize(
-{%- elif param|is_enum %}
-static_cast<{{param|name_full}}>(IPADataSerializer<uint32_t>::deserialize(
-{%- else %}
-IPADataSerializer<{{param|name}}>::deserialize(
-{%- endif %}
 	{{buf}}{{- ".cbegin()" if not iter}} + {{param.mojom_name}}Start,
 {%- if loop.last and not iter %}
 	{{buf}}.cend()
@@ -137,7 +122,7 @@ IPADataSerializer<{{param|name}}>::deserialize(
 {%- if param|needs_control_serializer %}
 	&controlSerializer_
 {%- endif -%}
-){{")" if param|is_enum and not param|is_flags}};
+);
 {%- endmacro -%}
 
 
diff --git a/utils/codegen/ipc/generators/libcamera_templates/serializer.tmpl b/utils/codegen/ipc/generators/libcamera_templates/serializer.tmpl
index d07836cc..e316dd88 100644
--- a/utils/codegen/ipc/generators/libcamera_templates/serializer.tmpl
+++ b/utils/codegen/ipc/generators/libcamera_templates/serializer.tmpl
@@ -32,15 +32,7 @@
 {%- if field|is_pod or field|is_enum %}
 		std::vector<uint8_t> {{field.mojom_name}};
 		std::tie({{field.mojom_name}}, std::ignore) =
-	{%- if field|is_pod %}
-			IPADataSerializer<{{field|name}}>::serialize(data.{{field.mojom_name}});
-	{%- elif field|is_flags %}
 			IPADataSerializer<{{field|name_full}}>::serialize(data.{{field.mojom_name}});
-	{%- elif field|is_enum_scoped %}
-			IPADataSerializer<uint{{field|bit_width}}_t>::serialize(static_cast<uint{{field|bit_width}}_t>(data.{{field.mojom_name}}));
-	{%- elif field|is_enum %}
-			IPADataSerializer<uint{{field|bit_width}}_t>::serialize(data.{{field.mojom_name}});
-	{%- endif %}
 		retData.insert(retData.end(), {{field.mojom_name}}.begin(), {{field.mojom_name}}.end());
 {%- elif field|is_fd %}
 		std::vector<uint8_t> {{field.mojom_name}};
@@ -98,13 +90,7 @@
 {% if field|is_pod or field|is_enum %}
 	{%- set field_size = (field|bit_width|int / 8)|int %}
 		{{- check_data_size(field_size, 'dataSize', field.mojom_name, 'data')}}
-		{%- if field|is_pod %}
-		ret.{{field.mojom_name}} = IPADataSerializer<{{field|name}}>::deserialize(m, m + {{field_size}});
-		{%- elif field|is_flags %}
 		ret.{{field.mojom_name}} = IPADataSerializer<{{field|name_full}}>::deserialize(m, m + {{field_size}});
-		{%- else %}
-		ret.{{field.mojom_name}} = static_cast<{{field|name_full}}>(IPADataSerializer<uint{{field|bit_width}}_t>::deserialize(m, m + {{field_size}}));
-		{%- endif %}
 	{%- if not loop.last %}
 		m += {{field_size}};
 		dataSize -= {{field_size}};