diff --git a/bitcoin/src/address.rs b/bitcoin/src/address.rs
index 60979836..5fe1cc88 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/address.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/address.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ use crate::blockdata::{opcodes, script};
 use crate::error::ParseIntError;
 use crate::hash_types::{PubkeyHash, ScriptHash};
 use crate::hashes::{sha256, Hash, HashEngine};
-use crate::internal_macros::serde_string_impl;
 use crate::network::constants::Network;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::util::base58;
@@ -565,7 +564,8 @@ pub struct Address {
     /// The network on which this address is usable.
     pub network: Network,
 }
-serde_string_impl!(Address, "a Bitcoin address");
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+crate::serde_utils::serde_string_impl!(Address, "a Bitcoin address");
 
 impl Address {
     /// Creates a pay to (compressed) public key hash address from a public key.
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/bip32.rs b/bitcoin/src/bip32.rs
index 844c6d06..d31a969e 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/bip32.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/bip32.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use serde;
 
 use crate::hash_types::XpubIdentifier;
 use crate::hashes::{hex, sha512, Hash, HashEngine, Hmac, HmacEngine};
-use crate::internal_macros::{impl_bytes_newtype, serde_string_impl};
+use crate::internal_macros::impl_bytes_newtype;
 use crate::io::Write;
 use crate::network::constants::Network;
 use crate::prelude::*;
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ pub struct ExtendedPrivKey {
     /// Chain code
     pub chain_code: ChainCode,
 }
-serde_string_impl!(ExtendedPrivKey, "a BIP-32 extended private key");
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+crate::serde_utils::serde_string_impl!(ExtendedPrivKey, "a BIP-32 extended private key");
 
 #[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(not(feature = "std"))))]
@@ -88,7 +89,8 @@ pub struct ExtendedPubKey {
     /// Chain code
     pub chain_code: ChainCode,
 }
-serde_string_impl!(ExtendedPubKey, "a BIP-32 extended public key");
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+crate::serde_utils::serde_string_impl!(ExtendedPubKey, "a BIP-32 extended public key");
 
 /// A child number for a derived key
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
@@ -233,7 +235,9 @@ pub trait IntoDerivationPath {
 /// A BIP-32 derivation path.
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash)]
 pub struct DerivationPath(Vec<ChildNumber>);
-serde_string_impl!(DerivationPath, "a BIP-32 derivation path");
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+crate::serde_utils::serde_string_impl!(DerivationPath, "a BIP-32 derivation path");
 
 impl<I> Index<I> for DerivationPath
 where
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/blockdata/transaction.rs b/bitcoin/src/blockdata/transaction.rs
index 9569c5b7..1a432cd9 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/blockdata/transaction.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/blockdata/transaction.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use crate::blockdata::locktime::relative;
 use crate::consensus::{encode, Decodable, Encodable};
 use crate::hash_types::{Sighash, Txid, Wtxid};
 use crate::VarInt;
-use crate::internal_macros::{impl_consensus_encoding, serde_struct_human_string_impl};
+use crate::internal_macros::impl_consensus_encoding;
 use crate::parse::impl_parse_str_through_int;
 
 #[cfg(doc)]
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ pub struct OutPoint {
     /// The index of the referenced output in its transaction's vout.
     pub vout: u32,
 }
-serde_struct_human_string_impl!(OutPoint, "an OutPoint", txid, vout);
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+crate::serde_utils::serde_struct_human_string_impl!(OutPoint, "an OutPoint", txid, vout);
 
 impl OutPoint {
     /// Creates a new [`OutPoint`].
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/internal_macros.rs b/bitcoin/src/internal_macros.rs
index b2ff27e7..08325e99 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/internal_macros.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/internal_macros.rs
@@ -110,227 +110,6 @@ mod test_macros {
     pub(crate) use hex_decode;
 }
 
-macro_rules! serde_string_impl {
-    ($name:ident, $expecting:literal) => {
-        #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-        #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "serde")))]
-        impl<'de> $crate::serde::Deserialize<'de> for $name {
-            fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<$name, D::Error>
-            where
-                D: $crate::serde::de::Deserializer<'de>,
-            {
-                use core::fmt::{self, Formatter};
-                use core::str::FromStr;
-
-                struct Visitor;
-                impl<'de> $crate::serde::de::Visitor<'de> for Visitor {
-                    type Value = $name;
-
-                    fn expecting(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-                        f.write_str($expecting)
-                    }
-
-                    fn visit_str<E>(self, v: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
-                    where
-                        E: $crate::serde::de::Error,
-                    {
-                        $name::from_str(v).map_err(E::custom)
-                    }
-                }
-
-                deserializer.deserialize_str(Visitor)
-            }
-        }
-
-        #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-        #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "serde")))]
-        impl $crate::serde::Serialize for $name {
-            fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
-            where
-                S: $crate::serde::Serializer,
-            {
-                serializer.collect_str(&self)
-            }
-        }
-    };
-}
-pub(crate) use serde_string_impl;
-
-/// A combination macro where the human-readable serialization is done like
-/// serde_string_impl and the non-human-readable impl is done as a struct.
-macro_rules! serde_struct_human_string_impl {
-    ($name:ident, $expecting:literal, $($fe:ident),*) => (
-        #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-        #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "serde")))]
-        impl<'de> $crate::serde::Deserialize<'de> for $name {
-            fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<$name, D::Error>
-            where
-                D: $crate::serde::de::Deserializer<'de>,
-            {
-                if deserializer.is_human_readable() {
-                    use core::fmt::{self, Formatter};
-                    use core::str::FromStr;
-
-                    struct Visitor;
-                    impl<'de> $crate::serde::de::Visitor<'de> for Visitor {
-                        type Value = $name;
-
-                        fn expecting(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-                            f.write_str($expecting)
-                        }
-
-                        fn visit_str<E>(self, v: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
-                        where
-                            E: $crate::serde::de::Error,
-                        {
-                            $name::from_str(v).map_err(E::custom)
-                        }
-
-                    }
-
-                    deserializer.deserialize_str(Visitor)
-                } else {
-                    use core::fmt::{self, Formatter};
-                    use $crate::serde::de::IgnoredAny;
-
-                    #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
-                    enum Enum { Unknown__Field, $($fe),* }
-
-                    struct EnumVisitor;
-                    impl<'de> $crate::serde::de::Visitor<'de> for EnumVisitor {
-                        type Value = Enum;
-
-                        fn expecting(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-                            f.write_str("a field name")
-                        }
-
-                        fn visit_str<E>(self, v: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
-                        where
-                            E: $crate::serde::de::Error,
-                        {
-                            match v {
-                                $(
-                                stringify!($fe) => Ok(Enum::$fe)
-                                ),*,
-                                _ => Ok(Enum::Unknown__Field)
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    impl<'de> $crate::serde::Deserialize<'de> for Enum {
-                        fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
-                        where
-                            D: $crate::serde::de::Deserializer<'de>,
-                        {
-                            deserializer.deserialize_str(EnumVisitor)
-                        }
-                    }
-
-                    struct Visitor;
-
-                    impl<'de> $crate::serde::de::Visitor<'de> for Visitor {
-                        type Value = $name;
-
-                        fn expecting(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-                            f.write_str("a struct")
-                        }
-
-                        fn visit_seq<V>(self, mut seq: V) -> Result<Self::Value, V::Error>
-                        where
-                            V: $crate::serde::de::SeqAccess<'de>,
-                        {
-                            use $crate::serde::de::Error;
-
-                            let length = 0;
-                            $(
-                                let $fe = seq.next_element()?.ok_or_else(|| {
-                                    Error::invalid_length(length, &self)
-                                })?;
-                                #[allow(unused_variables)]
-                                let length = length + 1;
-                            )*
-
-                            let ret = $name {
-                                $($fe),*
-                            };
-
-                            Ok(ret)
-                        }
-
-                        fn visit_map<A>(self, mut map: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
-                        where
-                            A: $crate::serde::de::MapAccess<'de>,
-                        {
-                            use $crate::serde::de::Error;
-
-                            $(let mut $fe = None;)*
-
-                            loop {
-                                match map.next_key::<Enum>()? {
-                                    Some(Enum::Unknown__Field) => {
-                                        map.next_value::<IgnoredAny>()?;
-                                    }
-                                    $(
-                                        Some(Enum::$fe) => {
-                                            $fe = Some(map.next_value()?);
-                                        }
-                                    )*
-                                    None => { break; }
-                                }
-                            }
-
-                            $(
-                                let $fe = match $fe {
-                                    Some(x) => x,
-                                    None => return Err(A::Error::missing_field(stringify!($fe))),
-                                };
-                            )*
-
-                            let ret = $name {
-                                $($fe),*
-                            };
-
-                            Ok(ret)
-                        }
-                    }
-                    // end type defs
-
-                    static FIELDS: &'static [&'static str] = &[$(stringify!($fe)),*];
-
-                    deserializer.deserialize_struct(stringify!($name), FIELDS, Visitor)
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-        #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "serde")))]
-        impl $crate::serde::Serialize for $name {
-            fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
-            where
-                S: $crate::serde::Serializer,
-            {
-                if serializer.is_human_readable() {
-                    serializer.collect_str(&self)
-                } else {
-                    use $crate::serde::ser::SerializeStruct;
-
-                    // Only used to get the struct length.
-                    static FIELDS: &'static [&'static str] = &[$(stringify!($fe)),*];
-
-                    let mut st = serializer.serialize_struct(stringify!($name), FIELDS.len())?;
-
-                    $(
-                        st.serialize_field(stringify!($fe), &self.$fe)?;
-                    )*
-
-                    st.end()
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    )
-}
-pub(crate) use serde_struct_human_string_impl;
-
 /// Implements several traits for byte-based newtypes.
 /// Implements:
 /// - core::fmt::LowerHex (implies hashes::hex::ToHex)
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/serde_utils.rs b/bitcoin/src/serde_utils.rs
index 3c990b0d..9974b9fb 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/serde_utils.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/serde_utils.rs
@@ -293,3 +293,216 @@ pub mod hex_bytes {
         }
     }
 }
+
+macro_rules! serde_string_impl {
+    ($name:ident, $expecting:literal) => {
+        impl<'de> $crate::serde::Deserialize<'de> for $name {
+            fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<$name, D::Error>
+            where
+                D: $crate::serde::de::Deserializer<'de>,
+            {
+                use core::fmt::{self, Formatter};
+                use core::str::FromStr;
+
+                struct Visitor;
+                impl<'de> $crate::serde::de::Visitor<'de> for Visitor {
+                    type Value = $name;
+
+                    fn expecting(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+                        f.write_str($expecting)
+                    }
+
+                    fn visit_str<E>(self, v: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+                    where
+                        E: $crate::serde::de::Error,
+                    {
+                        $name::from_str(v).map_err(E::custom)
+                    }
+                }
+
+                deserializer.deserialize_str(Visitor)
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl $crate::serde::Serialize for $name {
+            fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+            where
+                S: $crate::serde::Serializer,
+            {
+                serializer.collect_str(&self)
+            }
+        }
+    };
+}
+pub(crate) use serde_string_impl;
+
+/// A combination macro where the human-readable serialization is done like
+/// serde_string_impl and the non-human-readable impl is done as a struct.
+macro_rules! serde_struct_human_string_impl {
+    ($name:ident, $expecting:literal, $($fe:ident),*) => (
+        impl<'de> $crate::serde::Deserialize<'de> for $name {
+            fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<$name, D::Error>
+            where
+                D: $crate::serde::de::Deserializer<'de>,
+            {
+                if deserializer.is_human_readable() {
+                    use core::fmt::{self, Formatter};
+                    use core::str::FromStr;
+
+                    struct Visitor;
+                    impl<'de> $crate::serde::de::Visitor<'de> for Visitor {
+                        type Value = $name;
+
+                        fn expecting(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+                            f.write_str($expecting)
+                        }
+
+                        fn visit_str<E>(self, v: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+                        where
+                            E: $crate::serde::de::Error,
+                        {
+                            $name::from_str(v).map_err(E::custom)
+                        }
+
+                    }
+
+                    deserializer.deserialize_str(Visitor)
+                } else {
+                    use core::fmt::{self, Formatter};
+                    use $crate::serde::de::IgnoredAny;
+
+                    #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+                    enum Enum { Unknown__Field, $($fe),* }
+
+                    struct EnumVisitor;
+                    impl<'de> $crate::serde::de::Visitor<'de> for EnumVisitor {
+                        type Value = Enum;
+
+                        fn expecting(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+                            f.write_str("a field name")
+                        }
+
+                        fn visit_str<E>(self, v: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+                        where
+                            E: $crate::serde::de::Error,
+                        {
+                            match v {
+                                $(
+                                stringify!($fe) => Ok(Enum::$fe)
+                                ),*,
+                                _ => Ok(Enum::Unknown__Field)
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    impl<'de> $crate::serde::Deserialize<'de> for Enum {
+                        fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+                        where
+                            D: $crate::serde::de::Deserializer<'de>,
+                        {
+                            deserializer.deserialize_str(EnumVisitor)
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    struct Visitor;
+
+                    impl<'de> $crate::serde::de::Visitor<'de> for Visitor {
+                        type Value = $name;
+
+                        fn expecting(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+                            f.write_str("a struct")
+                        }
+
+                        fn visit_seq<V>(self, mut seq: V) -> Result<Self::Value, V::Error>
+                        where
+                            V: $crate::serde::de::SeqAccess<'de>,
+                        {
+                            use $crate::serde::de::Error;
+
+                            let length = 0;
+                            $(
+                                let $fe = seq.next_element()?.ok_or_else(|| {
+                                    Error::invalid_length(length, &self)
+                                })?;
+                                #[allow(unused_variables)]
+                                let length = length + 1;
+                            )*
+
+                            let ret = $name {
+                                $($fe),*
+                            };
+
+                            Ok(ret)
+                        }
+
+                        fn visit_map<A>(self, mut map: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
+                        where
+                            A: $crate::serde::de::MapAccess<'de>,
+                        {
+                            use $crate::serde::de::Error;
+
+                            $(let mut $fe = None;)*
+
+                            loop {
+                                match map.next_key::<Enum>()? {
+                                    Some(Enum::Unknown__Field) => {
+                                        map.next_value::<IgnoredAny>()?;
+                                    }
+                                    $(
+                                        Some(Enum::$fe) => {
+                                            $fe = Some(map.next_value()?);
+                                        }
+                                    )*
+                                    None => { break; }
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                            $(
+                                let $fe = match $fe {
+                                    Some(x) => x,
+                                    None => return Err(A::Error::missing_field(stringify!($fe))),
+                                };
+                            )*
+
+                            let ret = $name {
+                                $($fe),*
+                            };
+
+                            Ok(ret)
+                        }
+                    }
+                    // end type defs
+
+                    static FIELDS: &'static [&'static str] = &[$(stringify!($fe)),*];
+
+                    deserializer.deserialize_struct(stringify!($name), FIELDS, Visitor)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl $crate::serde::Serialize for $name {
+            fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+            where
+                S: $crate::serde::Serializer,
+            {
+                if serializer.is_human_readable() {
+                    serializer.collect_str(&self)
+                } else {
+                    use $crate::serde::ser::SerializeStruct;
+
+                    // Only used to get the struct length.
+                    static FIELDS: &'static [&'static str] = &[$(stringify!($fe)),*];
+
+                    let mut st = serializer.serialize_struct(stringify!($name), FIELDS.len())?;
+
+                    $(
+                        st.serialize_field(stringify!($fe), &self.$fe)?;
+                    )*
+
+                    st.end()
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    )
+}
+pub(crate) use serde_struct_human_string_impl;
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/util/sighash.rs b/bitcoin/src/util/sighash.rs
index e08b5476..cbf31c11 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/util/sighash.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/util/sighash.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ use crate::consensus::{encode, Encodable};
 use crate::error::impl_std_error;
 use crate::util::endian;
 use crate::hashes::{sha256, sha256d, Hash};
-use crate::internal_macros::serde_string_impl;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::util::taproot::{TapLeafHash, TAPROOT_ANNEX_PREFIX, TapSighashHash, LeafVersion};
 
@@ -121,7 +120,8 @@ pub enum SchnorrSighashType {
     /// 0x83: Sign one output and only this input (see `Single` for what "one output" means).
     SinglePlusAnyoneCanPay = 0x83,
 }
-serde_string_impl!(SchnorrSighashType, "a SchnorrSighashType data");
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+crate::serde_utils::serde_string_impl!(SchnorrSighashType, "a SchnorrSighashType data");
 
 impl fmt::Display for SchnorrSighashType {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ pub enum EcdsaSighashType {
     /// 0x83: Sign one output and only this input (see `Single` for what "one output" means).
     SinglePlusAnyoneCanPay	= 0x83
 }
-serde_string_impl!(EcdsaSighashType, "a EcdsaSighashType data");
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+crate::serde_utils::serde_string_impl!(EcdsaSighashType, "a EcdsaSighashType data");
 
 impl fmt::Display for EcdsaSighashType {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {