diff --git a/io/src/lib.rs b/io/src/lib.rs
index 4c663061..c79e6f34 100644
--- a/io/src/lib.rs
+++ b/io/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "std"))]
 extern crate alloc;
 
+mod macros;
+
 /// Standard I/O stream definitions which are API-equivalent to `std`'s `io` module. See
 /// [`std::io`] for more info.
 pub mod io {
@@ -350,56 +352,3 @@ pub mod io {
     /// Returns a sink to which all writes succeed. See [`std::io::sink`] for more info.
     pub fn sink() -> Sink { Sink }
 }
-
-#[doc(hidden)]
-#[cfg(feature = "std")]
-/// Re-export std for the below macro
-pub use std as _std;
-
-#[macro_export]
-/// Because we cannot provide a blanket implementation of [`std::io::Write`] for all implementers
-/// of this crate's `io::Write` trait, we provide this macro instead.
-///
-/// This macro will implement `Write` given a `write` and `flush` fn, either by implementing the
-/// crate's native `io::Write` trait directly, or a more generic trait from `std` for users using
-/// that feature. In any case, this crate's `io::Write` feature will be implemented for the given
-/// type, even if indirectly.
-#[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
-macro_rules! impl_write {
-    ($ty: ty, $write_fn: expr, $flush_fn: expr $(, $bounded_ty: ident : $bounds: path),*) => {
-        impl<$($bounded_ty: $bounds),*> $crate::io::Write for $ty {
-            #[inline]
-            fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> $crate::io::Result<usize> {
-                $write_fn(self, buf)
-            }
-            #[inline]
-            fn flush(&mut self) -> $crate::io::Result<()> {
-                $flush_fn(self)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[macro_export]
-/// Because we cannot provide a blanket implementation of [`std::io::Write`] for all implementers
-/// of this crate's `io::Write` trait, we provide this macro instead.
-///
-/// This macro will implement `Write` given a `write` and `flush` fn, either by implementing the
-/// crate's native `io::Write` trait directly, or a more generic trait from `std` for users using
-/// that feature. In any case, this crate's `io::Write` feature will be implemented for the given
-/// type, even if indirectly.
-#[cfg(feature = "std")]
-macro_rules! impl_write {
-    ($ty: ty, $write_fn: expr, $flush_fn: expr $(, $bounded_ty: ident : $bounds: path),*) => {
-        impl<$($bounded_ty: $bounds),*> $crate::_std::io::Write for $ty {
-            #[inline]
-            fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> $crate::_std::io::Result<usize> {
-                $write_fn(self, buf)
-            }
-            #[inline]
-            fn flush(&mut self) -> $crate::_std::io::Result<()> {
-                $flush_fn(self)
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/io/src/macros.rs b/io/src/macros.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3714188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/io/src/macros.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+//! Public macros for porvide.d for users to be able implement our `io::Write` trait.
+
+#[macro_export]
+/// Because we cannot provide a blanket implementation of [`std::io::Write`] for all implementers
+/// of this crate's `io::Write` trait, we provide this macro instead.
+///
+/// This macro will implement `Write` given a `write` and `flush` fn, either by implementing the
+/// crate's native `io::Write` trait directly, or a more generic trait from `std` for users using
+/// that feature. In any case, this crate's `io::Write` feature will be implemented for the given
+/// type, even if indirectly.
+#[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
+macro_rules! impl_write {
+    ($ty: ty, $write_fn: expr, $flush_fn: expr $(, $bounded_ty: ident : $bounds: path),*) => {
+        impl<$($bounded_ty: $bounds),*> $crate::io::Write for $ty {
+            #[inline]
+            fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> $crate::io::Result<usize> {
+                $write_fn(self, buf)
+            }
+            #[inline]
+            fn flush(&mut self) -> $crate::io::Result<()> {
+                $flush_fn(self)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+/// Because we cannot provide a blanket implementation of [`std::io::Write`] for all implementers
+/// of this crate's `io::Write` trait, we provide this macro instead.
+///
+/// This macro will implement `Write` given a `write` and `flush` fn, either by implementing the
+/// crate's native `io::Write` trait directly, or a more generic trait from `std` for users using
+/// that feature. In any case, this crate's `io::Write` feature will be implemented for the given
+/// type, even if indirectly.
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+macro_rules! impl_write {
+    ($ty: ty, $write_fn: expr, $flush_fn: expr $(, $bounded_ty: ident : $bounds: path),*) => {
+        impl<$($bounded_ty: $bounds),*> std::io::Write for $ty {
+            #[inline]
+            fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> std::io::Result<usize> {
+                $write_fn(self, buf)
+            }
+            #[inline]
+            fn flush(&mut self) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+                $flush_fn(self)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}