diff --git a/Cargo-minimal.lock b/Cargo-minimal.lock
index 52268334..3221cff7 100644
--- a/Cargo-minimal.lock
+++ b/Cargo-minimal.lock
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "mutagen",
  "secp256k1",
  "serde",
- "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_test",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo-recent.lock b/Cargo-recent.lock
index 27677e11..7f20c93f 100644
--- a/Cargo-recent.lock
+++ b/Cargo-recent.lock
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "mutagen",
  "secp256k1",
  "serde",
- "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_test",
 ]
diff --git a/bitcoin/Cargo.toml b/bitcoin/Cargo.toml
index 0b9933cc..aa9f6159 100644
--- a/bitcoin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bitcoin/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ actual-serde = { package = "serde", version = "1.0.103", default-features = fals
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_json = "1.0.0"
 serde_test = "1.0.19"
-serde_derive = "1.0.103"
 bincode = "1.3.1"
 
 [target.'cfg(mutate)'.dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/consensus/serde.rs b/bitcoin/src/consensus/serde.rs
index 1b201996..9073a32a 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/consensus/serde.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/consensus/serde.rs
@@ -465,9 +465,9 @@ impl<E: fmt::Debug, I: Iterator<Item = Result<u8, E>>> io::Read for IterReader<E
 /// To (de)serialize a field using consensus encoding you can write e.g.:
 ///
 /// ```
+/// # use actual_serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 /// use bitcoin::Transaction;
 /// use bitcoin::consensus;
-/// use serde_derive::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 ///
 /// #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 /// # #[serde(crate = "actual_serde")]