app/models/search.rb in blacklight-7.40.0 vs app/models/search.rb in blacklight-8.0.0.beta1

@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 class Search < ApplicationRecord
   belongs_to :user, optional: true
 
-  # use a backwards-compatible serializer until the Rails API stabilizes and we can evaluate for major-revision compatibility
-  if ::Rails.version.to_f >= 7.1
-    # non-deprecated coder: keyword arg for Rails 7.1+
-    serialize :query_params, coder: Blacklight::SearchParamsYamlCoder
-  else
-    serialize :query_params, Blacklight::SearchParamsYamlCoder
-  end
+  serialize :query_params, Blacklight::SearchParamsYamlCoder
 
   # A Search instance is considered a saved search if it has a user_id.
   def saved?
     user_id?
   end