diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 76778c83b..dd3e6aa61 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cipher"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.3.0-pre"
 dependencies = [
  "blobby 0.3.0",
  "generic-array 0.14.4",
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crypto-mac"
-version = "0.10.0"
+version = "0.11.0-pre"
 dependencies = [
  "blobby 0.3.0",
  "cipher",
diff --git a/cipher/Cargo.toml b/cipher/Cargo.toml
index 6a1fde75a..9c37e7aa6 100644
--- a/cipher/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cipher/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "cipher"
 description = "Traits for describing block ciphers and stream ciphers"
-version = "0.2.5"
+version = "0.3.0-pre"
 authors = ["RustCrypto Developers"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/cipher/src/block.rs b/cipher/src/block.rs
index 551e9d14a..212642488 100644
--- a/cipher/src/block.rs
+++ b/cipher/src/block.rs
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ pub trait NewBlockCipher: Sized {
     }
 }
 
-/// The trait which defines in-place encryption and decryption
-/// over single block or several blocks in parallel.
+/// Trait which marks a type as being a block cipher.
 pub trait BlockCipher {
     /// Size of the block in bytes
     type BlockSize: ArrayLength<u8>;
@@ -62,19 +61,19 @@ pub trait BlockCipher {
     /// Number of blocks which can be processed in parallel by
     /// cipher implementation
     type ParBlocks: ArrayLength<Block<Self>>;
+}
 
+/// Encrypt-only functionality for block ciphers
+pub trait BlockEncrypt: BlockCipher {
     /// Encrypt block in-place
     fn encrypt_block(&self, block: &mut Block<Self>);
 
-    /// Decrypt block in-place
-    fn decrypt_block(&self, block: &mut Block<Self>);
-
     /// Encrypt several blocks in parallel using instruction level parallelism
     /// if possible.
     ///
     /// If `ParBlocks` equals to 1 it's equivalent to `encrypt_block`.
     #[inline]
-    fn encrypt_blocks(&self, blocks: &mut ParBlocks<Self>) {
+    fn encrypt_par_blocks(&self, blocks: &mut ParBlocks<Self>) {
         for block in blocks.iter_mut() {
             self.encrypt_block(block);
         }
@@ -82,14 +81,14 @@ pub trait BlockCipher {
 
     /// Encrypt a slice of blocks, leveraging parallelism when available.
     #[inline]
-    fn encrypt_slice(&self, mut blocks: &mut [Block<Self>]) {
+    fn encrypt_blocks(&self, mut blocks: &mut [Block<Self>]) {
         let pb = Self::ParBlocks::to_usize();
 
         if pb > 1 {
             let mut iter = blocks.chunks_exact_mut(pb);
 
             for chunk in &mut iter {
-                self.encrypt_blocks(chunk.try_into().unwrap())
+                self.encrypt_par_blocks(chunk.try_into().unwrap())
             }
 
             blocks = iter.into_remainder();
@@ -99,13 +98,19 @@ pub trait BlockCipher {
             self.encrypt_block(block);
         }
     }
+}
+
+/// Decrypt-only functionality for block ciphers
+pub trait BlockDecrypt: BlockCipher {
+    /// Decrypt block in-place
+    fn decrypt_block(&self, block: &mut Block<Self>);
 
     /// Decrypt several blocks in parallel using instruction level parallelism
     /// if possible.
     ///
     /// If `ParBlocks` equals to 1 it's equivalent to `decrypt_block`.
     #[inline]
-    fn decrypt_blocks(&self, blocks: &mut ParBlocks<Self>) {
+    fn decrypt_par_blocks(&self, blocks: &mut ParBlocks<Self>) {
         for block in blocks.iter_mut() {
             self.decrypt_block(block);
         }
@@ -113,14 +118,14 @@ pub trait BlockCipher {
 
     /// Decrypt a slice of blocks, leveraging parallelism when available.
     #[inline]
-    fn decrypt_slice(&self, mut blocks: &mut [Block<Self>]) {
+    fn decrypt_blocks(&self, mut blocks: &mut [Block<Self>]) {
         let pb = Self::ParBlocks::to_usize();
 
         if pb > 1 {
             let mut iter = blocks.chunks_exact_mut(pb);
 
             for chunk in &mut iter {
-                self.decrypt_blocks(chunk.try_into().unwrap())
+                self.decrypt_par_blocks(chunk.try_into().unwrap())
             }
 
             blocks = iter.into_remainder();
@@ -132,56 +137,32 @@ pub trait BlockCipher {
     }
 }
 
-/// Stateful block cipher which permits `&mut self` access.
+/// Encrypt-only functionality for block ciphers with mutable access to `self`.
 ///
 /// The main use case for this trait is hardware encryption engines which
 /// require `&mut self` access to an underlying hardware peripheral.
-pub trait BlockCipherMut {
-    /// Size of the block in bytes
-    type BlockSize: ArrayLength<u8>;
-
+pub trait BlockEncryptMut: BlockCipher {
     /// Encrypt block in-place
-    fn encrypt_block(&mut self, block: &mut GenericArray<u8, Self::BlockSize>);
+    fn encrypt_block_mut(&mut self, block: &mut Block<Self>);
+}
 
+/// Decrypt-only functionality for block ciphers with mutable access to `self`.
+///
+/// The main use case for this trait is hardware encryption engines which
+/// require `&mut self` access to an underlying hardware peripheral.
+pub trait BlockDecryptMut: BlockCipher {
     /// Decrypt block in-place
-    fn decrypt_block(&mut self, block: &mut GenericArray<u8, Self::BlockSize>);
+    fn decrypt_block_mut(&mut self, block: &mut Block<Self>);
 }
 
-impl<Alg: BlockCipher> BlockCipherMut for Alg {
-    type BlockSize = Alg::BlockSize;
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn encrypt_block(&mut self, block: &mut GenericArray<u8, Self::BlockSize>) {
-        <Self as BlockCipher>::encrypt_block(self, block);
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn decrypt_block(&mut self, block: &mut GenericArray<u8, Self::BlockSize>) {
-        <Self as BlockCipher>::decrypt_block(self, block);
+impl<Alg: BlockEncrypt> BlockEncryptMut for Alg {
+    fn encrypt_block_mut(&mut self, block: &mut Block<Self>) {
+        self.encrypt_block(block);
     }
 }
 
-impl<Alg: BlockCipher> BlockCipher for &Alg {
-    type BlockSize = Alg::BlockSize;
-    type ParBlocks = Alg::ParBlocks;
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn encrypt_block(&self, block: &mut Block<Self>) {
-        Alg::encrypt_block(self, block);
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn decrypt_block(&self, block: &mut Block<Self>) {
-        Alg::decrypt_block(self, block);
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn encrypt_blocks(&self, blocks: &mut ParBlocks<Self>) {
-        Alg::encrypt_blocks(self, blocks);
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn decrypt_blocks(&self, blocks: &mut ParBlocks<Self>) {
-        Alg::decrypt_blocks(self, blocks);
+impl<Alg: BlockDecrypt> BlockDecryptMut for Alg {
+    fn decrypt_block_mut(&mut self, block: &mut Block<Self>) {
+        self.decrypt_block(block);
     }
 }
diff --git a/cipher/src/lib.rs b/cipher/src/lib.rs
index 9440c5783..d2cb92938 100644
--- a/cipher/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cipher/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ pub mod block;
 pub mod stream;
 
 pub use crate::{
-    block::{BlockCipher, BlockCipherMut, NewBlockCipher},
+    block::{
+        BlockCipher, BlockDecrypt, BlockDecryptMut, BlockEncrypt, BlockEncryptMut, NewBlockCipher,
+    },
     stream::{NewStreamCipher, StreamCipher, SyncStreamCipher, SyncStreamCipherSeek},
 };
 pub use generic_array::{self, typenum::consts};
diff --git a/cipher/src/stream.rs b/cipher/src/stream.rs
index ebc022c5c..ccf29fca2 100644
--- a/cipher/src/stream.rs
+++ b/cipher/src/stream.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ pub use generic_array::{self, typenum::consts};
 #[cfg(feature = "dev")]
 pub use blobby;
 
-use crate::block::{BlockCipher, BlockCipherMut, NewBlockCipher};
+use crate::block::{BlockCipher, NewBlockCipher};
 use core::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
 use generic_array::typenum::Unsigned;
 use generic_array::{ArrayLength, GenericArray};
@@ -166,46 +166,17 @@ pub trait FromBlockCipher {
     ) -> Self;
 }
 
-/// Trait for initializing a stream cipher from a mutable block cipher
-pub trait FromBlockCipherMut {
-    /// Block cipher
-    type BlockCipher: BlockCipherMut;
-    /// Nonce size in bytes
-    type NonceSize: ArrayLength<u8>;
-
-    /// Instantiate a stream cipher from a block cipher
-    fn from_block_cipher_mut(
-        cipher: Self::BlockCipher,
-        nonce: &GenericArray<u8, Self::NonceSize>,
-    ) -> Self;
-}
-
-impl<C> FromBlockCipherMut for C
-where
-    C: FromBlockCipher,
-{
-    type BlockCipher = <Self as FromBlockCipher>::BlockCipher;
-    type NonceSize = <Self as FromBlockCipher>::NonceSize;
-
-    fn from_block_cipher_mut(
-        cipher: Self::BlockCipher,
-        nonce: &GenericArray<u8, Self::NonceSize>,
-    ) -> C {
-        C::from_block_cipher(cipher, nonce)
-    }
-}
-
 impl<C> NewStreamCipher for C
 where
-    C: FromBlockCipherMut,
+    C: FromBlockCipher,
     C::BlockCipher: NewBlockCipher,
 {
-    type KeySize = <<Self as FromBlockCipherMut>::BlockCipher as NewBlockCipher>::KeySize;
-    type NonceSize = <Self as FromBlockCipherMut>::NonceSize;
+    type KeySize = <<Self as FromBlockCipher>::BlockCipher as NewBlockCipher>::KeySize;
+    type NonceSize = <Self as FromBlockCipher>::NonceSize;
 
     fn new(key: &Key<Self>, nonce: &Nonce<Self>) -> C {
-        C::from_block_cipher_mut(
-            <<Self as FromBlockCipherMut>::BlockCipher as NewBlockCipher>::new(key),
+        C::from_block_cipher(
+            <<Self as FromBlockCipher>::BlockCipher as NewBlockCipher>::new(key),
             nonce,
         )
     }
@@ -218,7 +189,7 @@ where
                 .map_err(|_| InvalidKeyNonceLength)
                 .map(|cipher| {
                     let nonce = GenericArray::from_slice(nonce);
-                    Self::from_block_cipher_mut(cipher, nonce)
+                    Self::from_block_cipher(cipher, nonce)
                 })
         }
     }
diff --git a/crypto-mac/Cargo.toml b/crypto-mac/Cargo.toml
index c2a7121d8..7be37f044 100644
--- a/crypto-mac/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crypto-mac/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "crypto-mac"
 description = "Trait for Message Authentication Code (MAC) algorithms"
-version = "0.10.0"
+version = "0.11.0-pre"
 authors = ["RustCrypto Developers"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ categories = ["cryptography", "no-std"]
 
 [dependencies]
 generic-array = "0.14"
-cipher = { version = "0.2", optional = true, path = "../cipher" }
+cipher = { version = "=0.3.0-pre", optional = true, path = "../cipher" }
 subtle = { version = "2", default-features = false }
 blobby = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/crypto/Cargo.toml b/crypto/Cargo.toml
index a33603937..b11faf574 100644
--- a/crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 aead = { version = "0.3", optional = true, path = "../aead" }
-cipher = { version = "0.2", optional = true, path = "../cipher" }
+cipher = { version = "=0.3.0-pre", optional = true, path = "../cipher" }
 digest = { version = "0.9", optional = true, path = "../digest" }
 elliptic-curve = { version = "=0.7.0-pre", optional = true, path = "../elliptic-curve" }
-mac = { version = "0.10", package = "crypto-mac", optional = true, path = "../crypto-mac" }
+mac = { version = "=0.11.0-pre", package = "crypto-mac", optional = true, path = "../crypto-mac" }
 signature = { version = "1.2.0", optional = true, default-features = false, path = "../signature" }
 universal-hash = { version = "0.4", optional = true, path = "../universal-hash" }