diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index fc2fba4faa..606b50502c 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -111,12 +111,6 @@ limitations under the License.
             <groupId>de.learnlib</groupId>
             <artifactId>learnlib-statistics</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>de.learnlib.testsupport</groupId>
-            <artifactId>learnlib-test-support</artifactId>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
-            <!-- Override! -->
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>de.learnlib</groupId>
             <artifactId>learnlib-ttt</artifactId>
@@ -162,6 +156,10 @@ limitations under the License.
             <artifactId>automata-serialization-dot</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.fury</groupId>
+            <artifactId>fury-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>checker-qual</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/de/learnlib/example/resumable/ResumableExample.java b/examples/src/main/java/de/learnlib/example/resumable/ResumableExample.java
index 4b6ac70c58..252d9d6998 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/de/learnlib/example/resumable/ResumableExample.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/de/learnlib/example/resumable/ResumableExample.java
@@ -27,12 +27,14 @@
 import de.learnlib.oracle.equivalence.DFASimulatorEQOracle;
 import de.learnlib.oracle.membership.DFASimulatorOracle;
 import de.learnlib.query.DefaultQuery;
-import de.learnlib.testsupport.ResumeUtils;
 import net.automatalib.alphabet.Alphabet;
 import net.automatalib.alphabet.impl.Alphabets;
 import net.automatalib.alphabet.impl.GrowingMapAlphabet;
 import net.automatalib.automaton.fsa.impl.CompactDFA;
 import net.automatalib.util.automaton.random.RandomAutomata;
+import org.apache.fury.Fury;
+import org.apache.fury.logging.LogLevel;
+import org.apache.fury.logging.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * An example to demonstrate the {@link Resumable} feature of LearnLib to continue learning setups from previously
@@ -43,13 +45,18 @@ public final class ResumableExample {
 
     private static final CompactDFA<Character> TARGET;
     private static final Alphabet<Character> INITIAL_ALPHABET;
+    private static final Fury FURY;
 
     static {
+        LoggerFactory.useSlf4jLogging(true);
+        LoggerFactory.setLogLevel(LogLevel.ERROR_LEVEL);
+
         final int seed = 42;
         final int size = 100;
 
         TARGET = RandomAutomata.randomDFA(new Random(seed), size, Alphabets.characters('a', 'd'));
         INITIAL_ALPHABET = Alphabets.characters('a', 'b');
+        FURY = Fury.builder().withRefTracking(true).requireClassRegistration(false).build();
     }
 
     private ResumableExample() {
@@ -71,8 +78,8 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
         printStats(setup);
 
         // serialize the current state of the learning setup which may be stored somewhere external
-        final byte[] learnerData = ResumeUtils.toBytes(setup.learner.suspend());
-        final byte[] cacheData = ResumeUtils.toBytes(setup.cache.suspend());
+        final byte[] learnerData = toBytes(setup.learner.suspend());
+        final byte[] cacheData = toBytes(setup.cache.suspend());
 
         // continue exploring the previous snapshot with new input symbol 'c'
         continueExploring(learnerData, cacheData, 'c');
@@ -87,10 +94,10 @@ private static void continueExploring(byte[] learnerData, byte[] cacheData, char
         final Setup setup = new Setup();
 
         // resume from previous states and add new symbol
-        setup.cache.resume(ResumeUtils.fromBytes(cacheData));
+        setup.cache.resume(fromBytes(cacheData));
         setup.cache.addAlphabetSymbol(newSymbol);
 
-        setup.learner.resume(ResumeUtils.fromBytes(learnerData));
+        setup.learner.resume(fromBytes(learnerData));
         setup.learner.addAlphabetSymbol(newSymbol);
 
         // continue learning-loop
@@ -103,6 +110,15 @@ private static void continueExploring(byte[] learnerData, byte[] cacheData, char
         printStats(setup);
     }
 
+    private static byte[] toBytes(Object state) {
+        return FURY.serialize(state);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private static <T> T fromBytes(byte[] bytes) {
+        return (T) FURY.deserialize(bytes);
+    }
+
     private static void printStats(Setup setup) {
         System.out.println("Hypothesis size: " + setup.learner.getHypothesisModel().size());
         System.out.println(setup.counter.getStatisticalData().getSummary());
diff --git a/examples/src/main/java/module-info.java b/examples/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 5a64922568..83d5d976c8 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/examples/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
     requires de.learnlib.oracle.membership;
     requires de.learnlib.oracle.parallelism;
     requires de.learnlib.oracle.property;
-    requires de.learnlib.testsupport;
     requires de.learnlib.testsupport.example;
     requires net.automatalib.api;
     requires net.automatalib.common.util;
@@ -50,6 +49,11 @@
     requires net.automatalib.util;
     requires net.automatalib.serialization.dot;
     requires net.automatalib.visualization.dot;
+    requires org.apache.fury.core;
+
+    // required by Fury
+    requires jdk.unsupported;
+    requires java.sql;
 
     // make non-static once https://github.com/typetools/checker-framework/issues/4559 is implemented
     requires static org.checkerframework.checker.qual;
diff --git a/test-support/test-support/pom.xml b/test-support/test-support/pom.xml
index 32c3bd86c6..de457d8dcc 100644
--- a/test-support/test-support/pom.xml
+++ b/test-support/test-support/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
             <scope>compile</scope>
             <!-- Override! -->
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
diff --git a/test-support/test-support/src/main/java/de/learnlib/testsupport/ResumeUtils.java b/test-support/test-support/src/main/java/de/learnlib/testsupport/ResumeUtils.java
index 87bc7156c3..18cf0fe0a5 100644
--- a/test-support/test-support/src/main/java/de/learnlib/testsupport/ResumeUtils.java
+++ b/test-support/test-support/src/main/java/de/learnlib/testsupport/ResumeUtils.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ private ResumeUtils() {
         // prevent instantiation
     }
 
-    public static <T extends Object> byte[] toBytes(T state) {
+    public static byte[] toBytes(Object state) {
         return FURY.serialize(state);
     }