diff --git a/docs/examples/agents/custom_agent.ipynb b/docs/examples/agents/custom_agent.ipynb
index b97921e439..cc6f135bec 100644
--- a/docs/examples/agents/custom_agent.ipynb
+++ b/docs/examples/agents/custom_agent.ipynb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "from langchain.agents import ZeroShotAgent, Tool\n",
-    "from langchain import OpenAI, SerpAPIChain, LLMChain"
+    "from langchain import OpenAI, SerpAPIWrapper, LLMChain"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "search = SerpAPIChain()\n",
+    "search = SerpAPIWrapper()\n",
     "tools = [\n",
     "    Tool(\n",
     "        name = \"Search\",\n",
diff --git a/docs/examples/agents/mrkl.ipynb b/docs/examples/agents/mrkl.ipynb
index c0dcb817b3..71bc463ddc 100644
--- a/docs/examples/agents/mrkl.ipynb
+++ b/docs/examples/agents/mrkl.ipynb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "from langchain import LLMMathChain, OpenAI, SerpAPIChain, SQLDatabase, SQLDatabaseChain\n",
+    "from langchain import LLMMathChain, OpenAI, SerpAPIWrapper, SQLDatabase, SQLDatabaseChain\n",
     "from langchain.agents import initialize_agent, Tool"
    ]
   },
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "llm = OpenAI(temperature=0)\n",
-    "search = SerpAPIChain()\n",
+    "search = SerpAPIWrapper()\n",
     "llm_math_chain = LLMMathChain(llm=llm, verbose=True)\n",
     "db = SQLDatabase.from_uri(\"sqlite:///../../../notebooks/Chinook.db\")\n",
     "db_chain = SQLDatabaseChain(llm=llm, database=db, verbose=True)\n",
diff --git a/docs/examples/agents/self_ask_with_search.ipynb b/docs/examples/agents/self_ask_with_search.ipynb
index 7be3b59fdc..d4a56ab2a8 100644
--- a/docs/examples/agents/self_ask_with_search.ipynb
+++ b/docs/examples/agents/self_ask_with_search.ipynb
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@
     }
    ],
    "source": [
-    "from langchain import OpenAI, SerpAPIChain\n",
+    "from langchain import OpenAI, SerpAPIWrapper\n",
     "from langchain.agents import initialize_agent, Tool\n",
     "\n",
     "llm = OpenAI(temperature=0)\n",
-    "search = SerpAPIChain()\n",
+    "search = SerpAPIWrapper()\n",
     "tools = [\n",
     "    Tool(\n",
     "        name=\"Intermediate Answer\",\n",
diff --git a/docs/examples/memory/agent_with_memory.ipynb b/docs/examples/memory/agent_with_memory.ipynb
index fa93a7e0dc..7527907c15 100644
--- a/docs/examples/memory/agent_with_memory.ipynb
+++ b/docs/examples/memory/agent_with_memory.ipynb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
    "source": [
     "from langchain.agents import ZeroShotAgent, Tool\n",
     "from langchain.chains.conversation.memory import ConversationBufferMemory\n",
-    "from langchain import OpenAI, SerpAPIChain, LLMChain"
+    "from langchain import OpenAI, SerpAPIWrapper, LLMChain"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "search = SerpAPIChain()\n",
+    "search = SerpAPIWrapper()\n",
     "tools = [\n",
     "    Tool(\n",
     "        name = \"Search\",\n",
diff --git a/docs/examples/model_laboratory.ipynb b/docs/examples/model_laboratory.ipynb
index 13892a73d6..5649019788 100644
--- a/docs/examples/model_laboratory.ipynb
+++ b/docs/examples/model_laboratory.ipynb
@@ -135,14 +135,14 @@
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
-    "from langchain import SelfAskWithSearchChain, SerpAPIChain\n",
+    "from langchain import SelfAskWithSearchChain, SerpAPIWrapper\n",
     "\n",
     "open_ai_llm = OpenAI(temperature=0)\n",
-    "search = SerpAPIChain()\n",
+    "search = SerpAPIWrapper()\n",
     "self_ask_with_search_openai = SelfAskWithSearchChain(llm=open_ai_llm, search_chain=search, verbose=True)\n",
     "\n",
     "cohere_llm = Cohere(temperature=0, model=\"command-xlarge-20221108\")\n",
-    "search = SerpAPIChain()\n",
+    "search = SerpAPIWrapper()\n",
     "self_ask_with_search_cohere = SelfAskWithSearchChain(llm=cohere_llm, search_chain=search, verbose=True)"
    ]
   },
diff --git a/docs/getting_started/agents.ipynb b/docs/getting_started/agents.ipynb
index 51d0fe78bb..7f7b22aea4 100644
--- a/docs/getting_started/agents.ipynb
+++ b/docs/getting_started/agents.ipynb
@@ -77,9 +77,9 @@
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "# Load the tool configs that are needed.\n",
-    "from langchain import LLMMathChain, SerpAPIChain\n",
+    "from langchain import LLMMathChain, SerpAPIWrapper\n",
     "llm = OpenAI(temperature=0)\n",
-    "search = SerpAPIChain()\n",
+    "search = SerpAPIWrapper()\n",
     "llm_math_chain = LLMMathChain(llm=llm, verbose=True)\n",
     "tools = [\n",
     "    Tool(\n",
diff --git a/langchain/__init__.py b/langchain/__init__.py
index dde7aa2259..35b6446ca6 100644
--- a/langchain/__init__.py
+++ b/langchain/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ from langchain.chains import (
     LLMMathChain,
     PALChain,
     PythonChain,
-    SerpAPIChain,
     SQLDatabaseChain,
     VectorDBQA,
 )
@@ -24,6 +23,7 @@ from langchain.prompts import (
     Prompt,
     PromptTemplate,
 )
+from langchain.serpapi import SerpAPIWrapper
 from langchain.sql_database import SQLDatabase
 from langchain.vectorstores import FAISS, ElasticVectorSearch
 
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ __all__ = [
     "LLMMathChain",
     "PythonChain",
     "SelfAskWithSearchChain",
-    "SerpAPIChain",
+    "SerpAPIWrapper",
+    "SerpAPIWrapper",
     "Cohere",
     "OpenAI",
     "BasePromptTemplate",
diff --git a/langchain/agents/mrkl/base.py b/langchain/agents/mrkl/base.py
index 5474b2a907..28eac3db1d 100644
--- a/langchain/agents/mrkl/base.py
+++ b/langchain/agents/mrkl/base.py
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ class MRKLChain(ZeroShotAgent):
         Example:
             .. code-block:: python
 
-                from langchain import LLMMathChain, OpenAI, SerpAPIChain, MRKLChain
+                from langchain import LLMMathChain, OpenAI, SerpAPIWrapper, MRKLChain
                 from langchain.chains.mrkl.base import ChainConfig
                 llm = OpenAI(temperature=0)
-                search = SerpAPIChain()
+                search = SerpAPIWrapper()
                 llm_math_chain = LLMMathChain(llm=llm)
                 chains = [
                     ChainConfig(
diff --git a/langchain/agents/self_ask_with_search/base.py b/langchain/agents/self_ask_with_search/base.py
index ab0b6c62cf..1273308db5 100644
--- a/langchain/agents/self_ask_with_search/base.py
+++ b/langchain/agents/self_ask_with_search/base.py
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ from langchain.agents.agent import Agent
 from langchain.agents.self_ask_with_search.prompt import PROMPT
 from langchain.agents.tools import Tool
 from langchain.chains.llm import LLMChain
-from langchain.chains.serpapi import SerpAPIChain
 from langchain.llms.base import LLM
 from langchain.prompts.base import BasePromptTemplate
+from langchain.serpapi import SerpAPIWrapper
 
 
 class SelfAskWithSearchAgent(Agent):
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ class SelfAskWithSearchChain(SelfAskWithSearchAgent):
     Example:
         .. code-block:: python
 
-            from langchain import SelfAskWithSearchChain, OpenAI, SerpAPIChain
-            search_chain = SerpAPIChain()
+            from langchain import SelfAskWithSearchChain, OpenAI, SerpAPIWrapper
+            search_chain = SerpAPIWrapper()
             self_ask = SelfAskWithSearchChain(llm=OpenAI(), search_chain=search_chain)
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, llm: LLM, search_chain: SerpAPIChain, **kwargs: Any):
+    def __init__(self, llm: LLM, search_chain: SerpAPIWrapper, **kwargs: Any):
         """Initialize with just an LLM and a search chain."""
         search_tool = Tool(name="Intermediate Answer", func=search_chain.run)
         llm_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=PROMPT)
diff --git a/langchain/chains/__init__.py b/langchain/chains/__init__.py
index eceb11d40a..62018b9393 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/__init__.py
+++ b/langchain/chains/__init__.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from langchain.chains.llm_math.base import LLMMathChain
 from langchain.chains.pal.base import PALChain
 from langchain.chains.python import PythonChain
 from langchain.chains.sequential import SequentialChain, SimpleSequentialChain
-from langchain.chains.serpapi import SerpAPIChain
 from langchain.chains.sql_database.base import SQLDatabaseChain
 from langchain.chains.vector_db_qa.base import VectorDBQA
 
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ __all__ = [
     "LLMChain",
     "LLMMathChain",
     "PythonChain",
-    "SerpAPIChain",
     "SQLDatabaseChain",
     "VectorDBQA",
     "SequentialChain",
diff --git a/langchain/chains/serpapi.py b/langchain/serpapi.py
similarity index 77%
rename from langchain/chains/serpapi.py
rename to langchain/serpapi.py
index 30ac632a3c..99affb4246 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/serpapi.py
+++ b/langchain/serpapi.py
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ Heavily borrowed from https://github.com/ofirpress/self-ask
 """
 import os
 import sys
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Extra, root_validator
 
-from langchain.chains.base import Chain
 from langchain.utils import get_from_dict_or_env
 
 
@@ -26,8 +25,8 @@ class HiddenPrints:
         sys.stdout = self._original_stdout
 
 
-class SerpAPIChain(Chain, BaseModel):
-    """Chain that calls SerpAPI.
+class SerpAPIWrapper(BaseModel):
+    """Wrapper around SerpAPI.
 
     To use, you should have the ``google-search-results`` python package installed,
     and the environment variable ``SERPAPI_API_KEY`` set with your API key, or pass
@@ -36,13 +35,11 @@ class SerpAPIChain(Chain, BaseModel):
     Example:
         .. code-block:: python
 
-            from langchain import SerpAPIChain
-            serpapi = SerpAPIChain()
+            from langchain import SerpAPIWrapper
+            serpapi = SerpAPIWrapper()
     """
 
     search_engine: Any  #: :meta private:
-    input_key: str = "search_query"  #: :meta private:
-    output_key: str = "search_result"  #: :meta private:
 
     serpapi_api_key: Optional[str] = None
 
@@ -51,22 +48,6 @@ class SerpAPIChain(Chain, BaseModel):
 
         extra = Extra.forbid
 
-    @property
-    def input_keys(self) -> List[str]:
-        """Return the singular input key.
-
-        :meta private:
-        """
-        return [self.input_key]
-
-    @property
-    def output_keys(self) -> List[str]:
-        """Return the singular output key.
-
-        :meta private:
-        """
-        return [self.output_key]
-
     @root_validator()
     def validate_environment(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
         """Validate that api key and python package exists in environment."""
@@ -85,11 +66,12 @@ class SerpAPIChain(Chain, BaseModel):
             )
         return values
 
-    def _call(self, inputs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, str]:
+    def run(self, query: str) -> str:
+        """Run query through SerpAPI and parse result."""
         params = {
             "api_key": self.serpapi_api_key,
             "engine": "google",
-            "q": inputs[self.input_key],
+            "q": query,
             "google_domain": "google.com",
             "gl": "us",
             "hl": "en",
@@ -112,4 +94,9 @@ class SerpAPIChain(Chain, BaseModel):
             toret = res["organic_results"][0]["snippet"]
         else:
             toret = "No good search result found"
-        return {self.output_key: toret}
+        return toret
+
+
+# For backwards compatability
+
+SerpAPIWrapper = SerpAPIWrapper
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/chains/test_self_ask_with_search.py b/tests/integration_tests/chains/test_self_ask_with_search.py
index 8873be8bf8..e4536f7586 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/chains/test_self_ask_with_search.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/chains/test_self_ask_with_search.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Integration test for self ask with search."""
 from langchain.agents.self_ask_with_search.base import SelfAskWithSearchChain
-from langchain.chains.serpapi import SerpAPIChain
 from langchain.llms.openai import OpenAI
+from langchain.serpapi import SerpAPIWrapper
 
 
 def test_self_ask_with_search() -> None:
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ def test_self_ask_with_search() -> None:
     question = "What is the hometown of the reigning men's U.S. Open champion?"
     chain = SelfAskWithSearchChain(
         llm=OpenAI(temperature=0),
-        search_chain=SerpAPIChain(),
+        search_chain=SerpAPIWrapper(),
         input_key="q",
         output_key="a",
     )
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/chains/test_serpapi.py b/tests/integration_tests/test_serpapi.py
similarity index 73%
rename from tests/integration_tests/chains/test_serpapi.py
rename to tests/integration_tests/test_serpapi.py
index 60cda1aa62..cd2b63437a 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/chains/test_serpapi.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/test_serpapi.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 """Integration test for SerpAPI."""
-from langchain.chains.serpapi import SerpAPIChain
+from langchain.serpapi import SerpAPIWrapper
 
 
 def test_call() -> None:
     """Test that call gives the correct answer."""
-    chain = SerpAPIChain()
+    chain = SerpAPIWrapper()
     output = chain.run("What was Obama's first name?")
     assert output == "Barack Hussein Obama II"