diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5dd7a819..113c1ec1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Fixes:
 - [#1358](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/pull/1358) Handle serializer file paths with spaces (@rwstauner, @bf4)
 
 Misc:
+- [#1370](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/pull/1370) Simplify attributes handling via a mixin (@beauby)
 - [#1233](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/pull/1233) Top-level meta and meta_key options no longer handled at serializer level (@beauby)
 - [#1232](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/pull/1232) fields option no longer handled at serializer level (@beauby)
 - [#1178](https://github.com/rails-api/active_model_serializers/pull/1178) env CAPTURE_STDERR=false lets devs see hard failures (@bf4)
diff --git a/lib/active_model/serializer/attribute.rb b/lib/active_model/serializer/attribute.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c9893ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/active_model/serializer/attribute.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module ActiveModel
+  class Serializer
+    Attribute = Struct.new(:name, :block) do
+      def value(serializer)
+        if block
+          serializer.instance_eval(&block)
+        else
+          serializer.read_attribute_for_serialization(name)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/active_model/serializer/attributes.rb b/lib/active_model/serializer/attributes.rb
index 81f6e49a..f57ab205 100644
--- a/lib/active_model/serializer/attributes.rb
+++ b/lib/active_model/serializer/attributes.rb
@@ -1,55 +1,24 @@
 module ActiveModel
   class Serializer
     module Attributes
-      # @api private
-      class Attribute
-        delegate :call, to: :reader
-
-        attr_reader :name, :reader
-
-        def initialize(name)
-          @name = name
-          @reader = :no_reader
-        end
-
-        def self.build(name, block)
-          if block
-            AttributeBlock.new(name, block)
-          else
-            AttributeReader.new(name)
-          end
-        end
-      end
-      # @api private
-      class AttributeReader < Attribute
-        def initialize(name)
-          super(name)
-          @reader = ->(instance) { instance.read_attribute_for_serialization(name) }
-        end
-      end
-      # @api private
-      class AttributeBlock < Attribute
-        def initialize(name, block)
-          super(name)
-          @reader = ->(instance) { instance.instance_eval(&block) }
-        end
-      end
-
       extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
       included do
         with_options instance_writer: false, instance_reader: false do |serializer|
-          serializer.class_attribute :_attribute_mappings # @api private : maps attribute key names to names to names of implementing methods, @see #attribute
-          self._attribute_mappings ||= {}
+          serializer.class_attribute :_attributes_data # @api private
+          self._attributes_data ||= {}
         end
 
+        extend ActiveSupport::Autoload
+        autoload :Attribute
+
         # Return the +attributes+ of +object+ as presented
         # by the serializer.
         def attributes(requested_attrs = nil, reload = false)
           @attributes = nil if reload
-          @attributes ||= self.class._attribute_mappings.each_with_object({}) do |(key, attribute_mapping), hash|
+          @attributes ||= self.class._attributes_data.each_with_object({}) do |(key, attr), hash|
             next unless requested_attrs.nil? || requested_attrs.include?(key)
-            hash[key] = attribute_mapping.call(self)
+            hash[key] = attr.value(self)
           end
         end
       end
@@ -57,7 +26,7 @@ module ActiveModel
       module ClassMethods
         def inherited(base)
           super
-          base._attribute_mappings = _attribute_mappings.dup
+          base._attributes_data = _attributes_data.dup
         end
 
         # @example
@@ -85,14 +54,14 @@ module ActiveModel
         #     end
         def attribute(attr, options = {}, &block)
           key = options.fetch(:key, attr)
-          _attribute_mappings[key] = Attribute.build(attr, block)
+          _attributes_data[key] = Attribute.new(attr, block)
         end
 
         # @api private
-        # names of attribute methods
+        # keys of attributes
         # @see Serializer::attribute
         def _attributes
-          _attribute_mappings.keys
+          _attributes_data.keys
         end
 
         # @api private
@@ -100,10 +69,10 @@ module ActiveModel
         # @see Serializer::attribute
         # @see Adapter::FragmentCache#fragment_serializer
         def _attributes_keys
-          _attribute_mappings
-            .each_with_object({}) do |(key, attribute_mapping), hash|
-              next if key == attribute_mapping.name
-              hash[attribute_mapping.name] = { key: key }
+          _attributes_data
+            .each_with_object({}) do |(key, attr), hash|
+              next if key == attr.name
+              hash[attr.name] = { key: key }
             end
         end
       end