diff --git a/monticore-generator/src/main/java/de/monticore/codegen/cd2java/_symboltable/serialization/BITSer.java b/monticore-generator/src/main/java/de/monticore/codegen/cd2java/_symboltable/serialization/BITSer.java
index f7909a672..fa8b1ba3b 100644
--- a/monticore-generator/src/main/java/de/monticore/codegen/cd2java/_symboltable/serialization/BITSer.java
+++ b/monticore-generator/src/main/java/de/monticore/codegen/cd2java/_symboltable/serialization/BITSer.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 package de.monticore.codegen.cd2java._symboltable.serialization;
 
 import de.monticore.generating.templateengine.HookPoint;
+import de.monticore.types.check.SymTypeExpression;
 
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ public void init() {
     bitsers.put("long", _long);
     bitsers.put("java.lang.Long", _long);
     bitsers.put("Long", _long);
+
+    BITSerStrategy symTypeExpression = new SymTypeExpressionSerStrategy();
+    bitsers.put(SymTypeExpression.class.getName(), symTypeExpression);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/monticore-generator/src/main/java/de/monticore/codegen/cd2java/_symboltable/serialization/SymTypeExpressionSerStrategy.java b/monticore-generator/src/main/java/de/monticore/codegen/cd2java/_symboltable/serialization/SymTypeExpressionSerStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b761eb156
--- /dev/null
+++ b/monticore-generator/src/main/java/de/monticore/codegen/cd2java/_symboltable/serialization/SymTypeExpressionSerStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/* (c) https://github.com/MontiCore/monticore */
+package de.monticore.codegen.cd2java._symboltable.serialization;
+
+import de.monticore.generating.templateengine.HookPoint;
+import de.monticore.generating.templateengine.StringHookPoint;
+import de.monticore.types.check.SymTypeExpression;
+
+/**
+ * DeSerialization of {@link SymTypeExpression} symbol attributes.
+ */
+public class SymTypeExpressionSerStrategy extends BITSerStrategy {
+  public SymTypeExpressionSerStrategy() {
+    super(SymTypeExpression.class.getName(), "null");
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public HookPoint getSerialHook(String attrParam) {
+    return new StringHookPoint(String.format("de.monticore.types.check.SymTypeExpressionDeSer.serializeMember(s2j.getJsonPrinter(), \"%s\", %s);", attrParam, attrParam));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public HookPoint getOptSerialHook(String attrParam) {
+    return new StringHookPoint(String.format("de.monticore.types.check.SymTypeExpressionDeSer.serializeMember(s2j.getJsonPrinter(), \"%s\", %s);", attrParam, attrParam));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public HookPoint getListSerialHook(String attrParam) {
+    return new StringHookPoint(String.format("de.monticore.types.check.SymTypeExpressionDeSer.serializeMember(s2j.getJsonPrinter(), \"%s\", %s);", attrParam, attrParam));
+  }
+
+  public HookPoint getDeserialHook(String jsonParam, String attrParam) {
+    return new StringHookPoint(String.format("return de.monticore.types.check.SymTypeExpressionDeSer.deserializeMember(\"%s\", symbolJson, scope);", attrParam));
+  }
+
+  public HookPoint getOptDeserialHook(String jsonParam, String attrParam) {
+    return new StringHookPoint(String.format("return de.monticore.types.check.SymTypeExpressionDeSer.deserializeOptionalMember(\"%s\", symbolJson, scope);", attrParam));
+  }
+
+  public HookPoint getListDeserialHook(String jsonParam, String attrParam) {
+    return new StringHookPoint(String.format("return de.monticore.types.check.SymTypeExpressionDeSer.deserializeListMember(\"%s\", symbolJson, scope);", attrParam));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/oosymbols/_symboltable/FieldSymbolDeSer.java b/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/oosymbols/_symboltable/FieldSymbolDeSer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8cd55936e..000000000
--- a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/oosymbols/_symboltable/FieldSymbolDeSer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/* (c) https://github.com/MontiCore/monticore */
-package de.monticore.symbols.oosymbols._symboltable;
-
-import de.monticore.symboltable.serialization.json.JsonObject;
-import de.monticore.types.check.SymTypeExpression;
-import de.monticore.types.check.SymTypeExpressionDeSer;
-
-public class FieldSymbolDeSer extends FieldSymbolDeSerTOP {
-
-  @Override
-  protected void serializeType(SymTypeExpression type, OOSymbolsSymbols2Json s2j) {
-    SymTypeExpressionDeSer.serializeMember(s2j.getJsonPrinter(), "type", type);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public SymTypeExpression deserializeType(JsonObject symbolJson) {
-    // support deprecated behavior
-    return deserializeType(null, symbolJson);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public SymTypeExpression deserializeType(IOOSymbolsScope enclosingScope, JsonObject symbolJson) {
-    return SymTypeExpressionDeSer.deserializeMember("type", symbolJson, enclosingScope);
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/oosymbols/_symboltable/MethodSymbolDeSer.java b/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/oosymbols/_symboltable/MethodSymbolDeSer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e5515c792..000000000
--- a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/oosymbols/_symboltable/MethodSymbolDeSer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/* (c) https://github.com/MontiCore/monticore */
-package de.monticore.symbols.oosymbols._symboltable;
-
-import de.monticore.symboltable.serialization.json.JsonObject;
-import de.monticore.types.check.SymTypeExpression;
-import de.monticore.types.check.SymTypeExpressionDeSer;
-
-public class MethodSymbolDeSer extends MethodSymbolDeSerTOP {
-
-  @Override
-  protected void serializeType(SymTypeExpression type, OOSymbolsSymbols2Json s2j) {
-    SymTypeExpressionDeSer.serializeMember(s2j.getJsonPrinter(), "type", type);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public SymTypeExpression deserializeType(JsonObject symbolJson) {
-    // support deprecated behavior
-    return deserializeType(null, symbolJson);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public SymTypeExpression deserializeType(IOOSymbolsScope enclosingScope, JsonObject symbolJson) {
-    return SymTypeExpressionDeSer.deserializeMember("type", symbolJson, enclosingScope);
-  }
-
-}
diff --git a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/oosymbols/_symboltable/OOTypeSymbolDeSer.java b/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/oosymbols/_symboltable/OOTypeSymbolDeSer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 91c204980..000000000
--- a/monticore-grammar/src/main/java/de/monticore/symbols/oosymbols/_symboltable/OOTypeSymbolDeSer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-/* (c) https://github.com/MontiCore/monticore */
-package de.monticore.symbols.oosymbols._symboltable;
-
-import de.monticore.symboltable.serialization.json.JsonObject;
-import de.monticore.types.check.SymTypeExpression;
-import de.monticore.types.check.SymTypeExpressionDeSer;
-
-import java.util.List;
-
-public class OOTypeSymbolDeSer extends OOTypeSymbolDeSerTOP {
-
-  @Override
-  protected void serializeSuperTypes(List<SymTypeExpression> superTypes,
-      OOSymbolsSymbols2Json s2j) {
-    SymTypeExpressionDeSer.serializeMember(s2j.getJsonPrinter(), "superTypes", superTypes);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public List<SymTypeExpression> deserializeSuperTypes(JsonObject symbolJson) {
-    // support deprecated behavior
-    return deserializeSuperTypes(null, symbolJson);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public List<SymTypeExpression> deserializeSuperTypes(
-      IOOSymbolsScope enclosingScope, JsonObject symbolJson) {
-    return SymTypeExpressionDeSer.deserializeListMember(
-        "superTypes", symbolJson, enclosingScope);
-  }
-
-}