diff --git a/tests/serde/macros.rs b/tests/serde/macros.rs
index 6a02344f4..b58a51311 100644
--- a/tests/serde/macros.rs
+++ b/tests/serde/macros.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ use time::{serde, Date, OffsetDateTime, PrimitiveDateTime, Time, UtcOffset};
 const ISO_FORMAT: Iso8601<{ iso8601::Config::DEFAULT.encode() }> =
     Iso8601::<{ iso8601::Config::DEFAULT.encode() }>;
 time::serde::format_description!(my_format, OffsetDateTime, ISO_FORMAT);
+time::serde::format_description!(
+    my_format2,
+    OffsetDateTime,
+    Iso8601::<{ iso8601::Config::DEFAULT.encode() }>
+);
 
 serde::format_description!(
     offset_dt_format,
@@ -37,6 +42,11 @@ serde::format_description!(
 const TIME_FORMAT_ALT: &[BorrowedFormatItem<'_>] =
     time::macros::format_description!("[hour]:[minute]");
 serde::format_description!(time_format_alt, Time, TIME_FORMAT_ALT);
+serde::format_description!(
+    time_format_alt2,
+    Time,
+    time::macros::format_description!("[hour]:[minute]")
+);
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 struct TestCustomFormat {
diff --git a/time-macros/src/lib.rs b/time-macros/src/lib.rs
index 65e24d7d3..d97b44060 100644
--- a/time-macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/time-macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -223,22 +223,7 @@ pub fn serde_format_description(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
             Some(_) => {
                 let tokens = tokens.collect::<TokenStream>();
                 let tokens_string = tokens.to_string();
-                (
-                    quote! {{
-                        // We can't just do `super::path` because the path could be an absolute
-                        // path. In that case, we'd be generating `super::::path`, which is invalid.
-                        // Even if we took that into account, it's not possible to know if it's an
-                        // external crate, which would just require emitting `path` directly. By
-                        // taking this approach, we can leave it to the compiler to do the actual
-                        // resolution.
-                        mod __path_hack {
-                            pub(super) use super::super::*;
-                            pub(super) use #S(tokens) as FORMAT;
-                        }
-                        __path_hack::FORMAT
-                    }},
-                    tokens_string,
-                )
+                (tokens, tokens_string)
             }
             None => return Err(Error::UnexpectedEndOfInput),
         };
diff --git a/time-macros/src/serde_format_description.rs b/time-macros/src/serde_format_description.rs
index 34b99f679..93b727f97 100644
--- a/time-macros/src/serde_format_description.rs
+++ b/time-macros/src/serde_format_description.rs
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ pub(crate) fn build(
 
     quote! {
         mod #(mod_name) {
+            use super::*;
+            // TODO Remove the prefix, forcing the user to import the type themself.
             use ::time::#(ty) as __TimeSerdeType;
 
             const fn description() -> impl #S(fd_traits) {