diff --git a/src/PropertyHandler/MixedExporter.php b/src/PropertyHandler/MixedExporter.php
index 9ce3bdb..6dfe97b 100644
--- a/src/PropertyHandler/MixedExporter.php
+++ b/src/PropertyHandler/MixedExporter.php
@@ -15,67 +15,23 @@
 use Crell\Serde\Serializer;
 use Crell\Serde\TypeCategory;
 
+/**
+ * Exporter/importer for `mixed` properties.
+ *
+ * This class makes a good-faith attempt to detect the type of a given field by its value.
+ * It currently does not work for objects, and on import it works only on array-based
+ * formats (JSON, YAML, etc.)
+ */
 class MixedExporter implements Importer, Exporter
 {
     public function exportValue(Serializer $serializer, Field $field, mixed $value, mixed $runningValue): mixed
     {
         $type = \get_debug_type($value);
 
-        if ($type === 'array') {
-            if (array_is_list($value)) {
-                return $serializer->formatter->serializeSequence($runningValue, $field, $this->arrayToSequence($value), $serializer);
-            } else {
-                $dict = $this->arrayToDict($value, $field);
-                return $serializer->formatter->serializeDictionary($runningValue, $field, $dict, $serializer);
-            }
-        }
-
-        return match ($type) {
-            'int' => $serializer->formatter->serializeInt($runningValue, $field, $value),
-            'float' => $serializer->formatter->serializeFloat($runningValue, $field, $value),
-            'bool' => $serializer->formatter->serializeBool($runningValue, $field, $value),
-            'string' => $serializer->formatter->serializeString($runningValue, $field, $value),
-        };
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param array<mixed> $value
-     */
-    protected function arrayToSequence(array $value): Sequence
-    {
-        $items = [];
-        foreach ($value as $k => $v) {
-            $f = Field::create(serializedName: "$k", phpType: \get_debug_type($v));
-            $items[] = new CollectionItem(field: $f, value: $v);
-        }
-        return new Sequence($items);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param array<mixed, mixed> $value
-     */
-    protected function arrayToDict(array $value, Field $field): Dict
-    {
-        /** @var DictionaryField|null $typeField */
-        $typeField = $field->typeField;
-
-        $items = [];
-        foreach ($value as $k => $v) {
-            // Most $runningValue implementations will be an array.
-            // Arrays in PHP force-cast an integer-string key to
-            // an integer.  That means we cannot guarantee the type
-            // of the key going out in the Exporter. The Formatter
-            // will have to do so, if it cares. However, we can still
-            // detect and reject string-in-int.
-            if ($typeField?->keyType === KeyType::Int && \get_debug_type($k) === 'string') {
-                // It's an int field, but the key is a string. That's a no-no.
-                throw InvalidArrayKeyType::create($field, 'string');
-            }
-            $f = Field::create(serializedName: "$k", phpType: \get_debug_type($v));
-            $items[] = new CollectionItem(field: $f, value: $v);
-        }
-
-        return new Dict($items);
+        return $serializer->serialize($value, $runningValue, Field::create(
+            serializedName: $field->serializedName,
+            phpType: $type,
+        ));
     }
 
     public function importValue(Deserializer $deserializer, Field $field, mixed $source): mixed
@@ -83,13 +39,12 @@ public function importValue(Deserializer $deserializer, Field $field, mixed $sou
         // This is normally a bad idea, as the $source should be opaque. In this
         // case, we're guaranteed that the $source is array-based, so we can introspect
         // it directly.
-        return match (\get_debug_type($source[$field->serializedName])) {
-            'int' => $deserializer->deformatter->deserializeInt($source, $field),
-            'float' => $deserializer->deformatter->deserializeFloat($source, $field),
-            'bool' => $deserializer->deformatter->deserializeBool($source, $field),
-            'string' => $deserializer->deformatter->deserializeString($source, $field),
-            'array' => $deserializer->deformatter->deserializeDictionary($source, $field, $deserializer),
-        };
+        $type = \get_debug_type($source[$field->serializedName]);
+
+        return $deserializer->deserialize($source, Field::create(
+            serializedName: $field->serializedName,
+            phpType: $type,
+        ));
     }
 
     public function canExport(Field $field, mixed $value, string $format): bool
diff --git a/tests/SerdeTestCases.php b/tests/SerdeTestCases.php
index b795f9d..8cfe446 100644
--- a/tests/SerdeTestCases.php
+++ b/tests/SerdeTestCases.php
@@ -1235,7 +1235,8 @@ public static function mixed_val_property_examples(): iterable
         yield 'string' => [new MixedVal('hello')];
         yield 'int' => [new MixedVal(5)];
         yield 'float' => [new MixedVal(3.14)];
-        yield 'array' => [new MixedVal(['a', 'b', 'c'])];
+        yield 'sequence' => [new MixedVal(['a', 'b', 'c'])];
+        yield 'dict' => [new MixedVal(['a' => 'A', 'b' => 'B', 'c' => 'C'])];
         // Objects can't work, because they cannot be imported without type data.
         // Exporting might.  Todo for later.
         //yield 'object' => [new Point(3, 4, 5)];