diff --git a/hashes/src/internal_macros.rs b/hashes/src/internal_macros.rs
index d8a73ad18..aea52dfd0 100644
--- a/hashes/src/internal_macros.rs
+++ b/hashes/src/internal_macros.rs
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ macro_rules! hash_trait_impls {
         }
 
         $crate::internal_macros::arr_newtype_fmt_impl!(Hash, $bits / 8 $(, $gen: $gent)*);
-        serde_impl!(Hash, { $bits / 8 } $(, $gen: $gent)*);
-        borrow_slice_impl!(Hash $(, $gen: $gent)*);
+        $crate::serde_impl!(Hash, { $bits / 8 } $(, $gen: $gent)*);
+        $crate::borrow_slice_impl!(Hash $(, $gen: $gent)*);
 
         impl<$($gen: $gent),*> $crate::_export::_core::convert::AsRef<[u8; $bits / 8]> for Hash<$($gen),*> {
             fn as_ref(&self) -> &[u8; $bits / 8] {
diff --git a/hashes/src/lib.rs b/hashes/src/lib.rs
index 58d643b42..54302534b 100644
--- a/hashes/src/lib.rs
+++ b/hashes/src/lib.rs
@@ -95,15 +95,13 @@ pub mod _export {
 }
 
 mod internal_macros;
-#[macro_use]
-mod macros;
 
-#[macro_use]
-pub mod serde_macros;
 pub mod cmp;
 pub mod hash160;
 pub mod hkdf;
 pub mod hmac;
+#[macro_use]
+pub mod macros;
 pub mod ripemd160;
 pub mod sha1;
 pub mod sha256;
@@ -114,6 +112,17 @@ pub mod sha512;
 pub mod sha512_256;
 pub mod siphash24;
 
+#[deprecated(since = "TBD", note = "use crate::macros instead")]
+pub mod serde_macros {
+    //! Macros for serde trait implementations, and supporting code.
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+    pub mod serde_details {
+        //! Functions used by serde impls of all hashes.
+        pub use crate::macros::serde_details::*;
+    }
+}
+
 use core::{convert, fmt, hash};
 
 #[rustfmt::skip]                // Keep public re-exports separate.
diff --git a/hashes/src/macros.rs b/hashes/src/macros.rs
index d0da798f3..942b8a788 100644
--- a/hashes/src/macros.rs
+++ b/hashes/src/macros.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
 
+//! Public macros.
+
 #[macro_export]
 /// Adds hexadecimal formatting implementation of a trait `$imp` to a given type `$ty`.
 macro_rules! hex_fmt_impl(
@@ -357,6 +359,120 @@ macro_rules! hash_newtype_known_attrs {
     ($($ignore:tt)*) => {};
 }
 
+/// Functions used by serde impls of all hashes.
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+pub mod serde_details {
+    use core::marker::PhantomData;
+    use core::str::FromStr;
+    use core::{fmt, str};
+
+    use serde::de;
+
+    /// Type used to implement serde traits for hashes as hex strings.
+    pub struct HexVisitor<ValueT>(PhantomData<ValueT>);
+
+    impl<ValueT> Default for HexVisitor<ValueT> {
+        fn default() -> Self { Self(PhantomData) }
+    }
+
+    impl<ValueT> de::Visitor<'_> for HexVisitor<ValueT>
+    where
+        ValueT: FromStr,
+        <ValueT as FromStr>::Err: fmt::Display,
+    {
+        type Value = ValueT;
+
+        fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+            formatter.write_str("an ASCII hex string")
+        }
+
+        fn visit_bytes<E>(self, v: &[u8]) -> core::result::Result<Self::Value, E>
+        where
+            E: de::Error,
+        {
+            if let Ok(hex) = str::from_utf8(v) {
+                hex.parse::<Self::Value>().map_err(E::custom)
+            } else {
+                Err(E::invalid_value(de::Unexpected::Bytes(v), &self))
+            }
+        }
+
+        fn visit_str<E>(self, v: &str) -> core::result::Result<Self::Value, E>
+        where
+            E: de::Error,
+        {
+            v.parse::<Self::Value>().map_err(E::custom)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Type used to implement serde traits for hashes as bytes.
+    pub struct BytesVisitor<ValueT, const N: usize>(PhantomData<ValueT>);
+
+    impl<ValueT, const N: usize> Default for BytesVisitor<ValueT, N> {
+        fn default() -> Self { Self(PhantomData) }
+    }
+
+    impl<ValueT, const N: usize> de::Visitor<'_> for BytesVisitor<ValueT, N>
+    where
+        ValueT: crate::Hash,
+        ValueT: crate::Hash<Bytes = [u8; N]>,
+    {
+        type Value = ValueT;
+
+        fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+            formatter.write_str("a bytestring")
+        }
+
+        fn visit_bytes<E>(self, v: &[u8]) -> core::result::Result<Self::Value, E>
+        where
+            E: de::Error,
+        {
+            let bytes = <[u8; N]>::try_from(v).map_err(|_| {
+                // from_slice only errors on incorrect length
+                E::invalid_length(v.len(), &stringify!(N))
+            })?;
+
+            Ok(<Self::Value as crate::Hash>::from_byte_array(bytes))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Implements `Serialize` and `Deserialize` for a type `$t` which
+/// represents a newtype over a byte-slice over length `$len`.
+#[macro_export]
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+macro_rules! serde_impl(
+    ($t:ident, $len:expr $(, $gen:ident: $gent:ident)*) => (
+        impl<$($gen: $gent),*> $crate::serde::Serialize for $t<$($gen),*> {
+            fn serialize<S: $crate::serde::Serializer>(&self, s: S) -> core::result::Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
+                if s.is_human_readable() {
+                    s.collect_str(self)
+                } else {
+                    s.serialize_bytes(<Self as $crate::Hash>::as_byte_array(self))
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl<'de $(, $gen: $gent)*> $crate::serde::Deserialize<'de> for $t<$($gen),*> {
+            fn deserialize<D: $crate::serde::Deserializer<'de>>(d: D) -> core::result::Result<$t<$($gen),*>, D::Error> {
+                use $crate::serde_macros::serde_details::{BytesVisitor, HexVisitor};
+
+                if d.is_human_readable() {
+                    d.deserialize_str(HexVisitor::<Self>::default())
+                } else {
+                    d.deserialize_bytes(BytesVisitor::<Self, $len>::default())
+                }
+            }
+        }
+));
+
+/// Does an "empty" serde implementation for the configuration without serde feature.
+#[macro_export]
+#[cfg(not(feature = "serde"))]
+macro_rules! serde_impl(
+        ($t:ident, $len:expr $(, $gen:ident: $gent:ident)*) => ()
+);
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use crate::sha256;
diff --git a/hashes/src/serde_macros.rs b/hashes/src/serde_macros.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index dce900e7a..000000000
--- a/hashes/src/serde_macros.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,117 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
-
-//! Macros for serde trait implementations, and supporting code.
-
-/// Functions used by serde impls of all hashes.
-#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-pub mod serde_details {
-    use core::marker::PhantomData;
-    use core::str::FromStr;
-    use core::{fmt, str};
-
-    use serde::de;
-
-    /// Type used to implement serde traits for hashes as hex strings.
-    pub struct HexVisitor<ValueT>(PhantomData<ValueT>);
-
-    impl<ValueT> Default for HexVisitor<ValueT> {
-        fn default() -> Self { Self(PhantomData) }
-    }
-
-    impl<ValueT> de::Visitor<'_> for HexVisitor<ValueT>
-    where
-        ValueT: FromStr,
-        <ValueT as FromStr>::Err: fmt::Display,
-    {
-        type Value = ValueT;
-
-        fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-            formatter.write_str("an ASCII hex string")
-        }
-
-        fn visit_bytes<E>(self, v: &[u8]) -> core::result::Result<Self::Value, E>
-        where
-            E: de::Error,
-        {
-            if let Ok(hex) = str::from_utf8(v) {
-                hex.parse::<Self::Value>().map_err(E::custom)
-            } else {
-                Err(E::invalid_value(de::Unexpected::Bytes(v), &self))
-            }
-        }
-
-        fn visit_str<E>(self, v: &str) -> core::result::Result<Self::Value, E>
-        where
-            E: de::Error,
-        {
-            v.parse::<Self::Value>().map_err(E::custom)
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Type used to implement serde traits for hashes as bytes.
-    pub struct BytesVisitor<ValueT, const N: usize>(PhantomData<ValueT>);
-
-    impl<ValueT, const N: usize> Default for BytesVisitor<ValueT, N> {
-        fn default() -> Self { Self(PhantomData) }
-    }
-
-    impl<ValueT, const N: usize> de::Visitor<'_> for BytesVisitor<ValueT, N>
-    where
-        ValueT: crate::Hash,
-        ValueT: crate::Hash<Bytes = [u8; N]>,
-    {
-        type Value = ValueT;
-
-        fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-            formatter.write_str("a bytestring")
-        }
-
-        fn visit_bytes<E>(self, v: &[u8]) -> core::result::Result<Self::Value, E>
-        where
-            E: de::Error,
-        {
-            let bytes = <[u8; N]>::try_from(v).map_err(|_| {
-                // from_slice only errors on incorrect length
-                E::invalid_length(v.len(), &stringify!(N))
-            })?;
-
-            Ok(<Self::Value as crate::Hash>::from_byte_array(bytes))
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/// Implements `Serialize` and `Deserialize` for a type `$t` which
-/// represents a newtype over a byte-slice over length `$len`.
-#[macro_export]
-#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-macro_rules! serde_impl(
-    ($t:ident, $len:expr $(, $gen:ident: $gent:ident)*) => (
-        impl<$($gen: $gent),*> $crate::serde::Serialize for $t<$($gen),*> {
-            fn serialize<S: $crate::serde::Serializer>(&self, s: S) -> core::result::Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
-                if s.is_human_readable() {
-                    s.collect_str(self)
-                } else {
-                    s.serialize_bytes(<Self as $crate::Hash>::as_byte_array(self))
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        impl<'de $(, $gen: $gent)*> $crate::serde::Deserialize<'de> for $t<$($gen),*> {
-            fn deserialize<D: $crate::serde::Deserializer<'de>>(d: D) -> core::result::Result<$t<$($gen),*>, D::Error> {
-                use $crate::serde_macros::serde_details::{BytesVisitor, HexVisitor};
-
-                if d.is_human_readable() {
-                    d.deserialize_str(HexVisitor::<Self>::default())
-                } else {
-                    d.deserialize_bytes(BytesVisitor::<Self, $len>::default())
-                }
-            }
-        }
-));
-
-/// Does an "empty" serde implementation for the configuration without serde feature.
-#[macro_export]
-#[cfg(not(feature = "serde"))]
-macro_rules! serde_impl(
-        ($t:ident, $len:expr $(, $gen:ident: $gent:ident)*) => ()
-);