diff --git a/dask_cuda/device_host_file.py b/dask_cuda/device_host_file.py
index 91e4451e4..7d1766bd7 100644
--- a/dask_cuda/device_host_file.py
+++ b/dask_cuda/device_host_file.py
@@ -30,38 +30,24 @@ class DeviceSerialized:
         that are in host memory
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, header, parts):
+    def __init__(self, header, frames):
         self.header = header
-        self.parts = parts
+        self.frames = frames
 
     def __sizeof__(self):
-        return sum(map(nbytes, self.parts))
+        return sum(map(nbytes, self.frames))
 
 
 @dask_serialize.register(DeviceSerialized)
 def device_serialize(obj):
-    headers = []
-    all_frames = []
-    for part in obj.parts:
-        header, frames = serialize(part)
-        header["frame-start-stop"] = [len(all_frames), len(all_frames) + len(frames)]
-        headers.append(header)
-        all_frames.extend(frames)
-
-    header = {"sub-headers": headers, "main-header": obj.header}
-
-    return header, all_frames
+    header = {"main-header": dict(obj.header)}
+    frames = list(obj.frames)
+    return header, frames
 
 
 @dask_deserialize.register(DeviceSerialized)
 def device_deserialize(header, frames):
-    parts = []
-    for sub_header in header["sub-headers"]:
-        start, stop = sub_header.pop("frame-start-stop")
-        part = deserialize(sub_header, frames[start:stop])
-        parts.append(part)
-
-    return DeviceSerialized(header["main-header"], parts)
+    return DeviceSerialized(header["main-header"], frames)
 
 
 def device_to_host(obj: object) -> DeviceSerialized:
@@ -71,7 +57,7 @@ def device_to_host(obj: object) -> DeviceSerialized:
 
 
 def host_to_device(s: DeviceSerialized) -> object:
-    return deserialize(s.header, s.parts)
+    return deserialize(s.header, s.frames)
 
 
 class DeviceHostFile(ZictBase):