diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8a0e14e3d8..f4cc35898c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ default = [ "std", "secp-recovery" ]
 base64 = [ "base64-compat" ]
 unstable = []
 rand = ["secp256k1/rand-std"]
-use-serde = ["serde", "bitcoin_hashes/serde", "secp256k1/serde"]
+serde = ["actual_serde", "bitcoin_hashes/serde", "secp256k1/serde"]
 secp-lowmemory = ["secp256k1/lowmemory"]
 secp-recovery = ["secp256k1/recovery"]
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ std = ["secp256k1/std", "bitcoin_hashes/std", "bech32/std"]
 no-std = ["hashbrown", "core2/alloc", "bitcoin_hashes/alloc", "secp256k1/alloc"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
-features = [ "std", "secp-recovery", "base64", "rand", "use-serde", "bitcoinconsensus" ]
+features = [ "std", "secp-recovery", "base64", "rand", "serde", "bitcoinconsensus" ]
 rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ core2 = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 base64-compat = { version = "1.0.0", optional = true }
 bitcoinconsensus = { version = "0.19.0-3", optional = true }
-serde = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = [ "derive", "alloc" ], optional = true }
+actual_serde = { package = "serde", version = "1", default-features = false, features = [ "derive", "alloc" ], optional = true }
 hashbrown = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/contrib/test.sh b/contrib/test.sh
index 676e26bb86..3a276fbec3 100755
--- a/contrib/test.sh
+++ b/contrib/test.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -ex
 
-FEATURES="base64 bitcoinconsensus use-serde rand secp-recovery"
+FEATURES="base64 bitcoinconsensus serde rand secp-recovery"
 
 # Use toolchain if explicitly specified
 if [ -n "$TOOLCHAIN" ]
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ if [ "$AS_DEPENDENCY" = true ]
 then
     cargo new dep_test
     cd dep_test
-    echo 'bitcoin = { path = "..", features = ["use-serde"] }' >> Cargo.toml
+    echo 'bitcoin = { path = "..", features = ["serde"] }' >> Cargo.toml
 
     cargo test --verbose
 fi
diff --git a/src/blockdata/block.rs b/src/blockdata/block.rs
index 06a532981f..260aaa710a 100644
--- a/src/blockdata/block.rs
+++ b/src/blockdata/block.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ use crate::VarInt;
 /// the actual transactions
 #[derive(Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Debug)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct BlockHeader {
     /// The protocol version. Should always be 1.
     pub version: i32,
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ impl BlockHeader {
 /// proof of work.
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Debug)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct Block {
     /// The block header
     pub header: BlockHeader,
diff --git a/src/blockdata/transaction.rs b/src/blockdata/transaction.rs
index c35a1b65bd..a50f6a8e93 100644
--- a/src/blockdata/transaction.rs
+++ b/src/blockdata/transaction.rs
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ impl ::core::str::FromStr for OutPoint {
 /// A transaction input, which defines old coins to be consumed
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Debug, Hash)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct TxIn {
     /// The reference to the previous output that is being used an an input.
     pub previous_output: OutPoint,
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@ impl Default for TxIn {
 /// A transaction output, which defines new coins to be created from old ones.
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Debug, Hash)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct TxOut {
     /// The value of the output, in satoshis.
     pub value: u64,
@@ -269,6 +271,7 @@ impl Default for TxOut {
 /// for 0-input transactions, which results in unambiguously parseable transactions.
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Debug, Hash)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct Transaction {
     /// The protocol version, is currently expected to be 1 or 2 (BIP 68).
     pub version: i32,
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 53820265a1..96bc90e76a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 //! * `base64` - (dependency), enables encoding of PSBTs and message signatures.
 //! * `unstable` - enables unstable features for testing.
 //! * `rand` - (dependency), makes it more convenient to generate random values.
-//! * `use-serde` - (dependency), implements `serde`-based serialization and
+//! * `serde` - (dependency), implements `serde`-based serialization and
 //!                 deserialization.
 //! * `secp-lowmemory` - optimizations for low-memory devices.
 //! * `no-std` - enables additional features required for this crate to be usable
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ extern crate hashbrown;
 pub extern crate base64;
 
 #[cfg(feature="bitcoinconsensus")] extern crate bitcoinconsensus;
-#[cfg(feature = "serde")] #[macro_use] extern crate serde;
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")] #[macro_use] extern crate actual_serde as serde;
 #[cfg(all(test, feature = "serde"))] extern crate serde_json;
 #[cfg(all(test, feature = "serde"))] extern crate serde_test;
 #[cfg(all(test, feature = "serde"))] extern crate bincode;
diff --git a/src/serde_utils.rs b/src/serde_utils.rs
index 48b462e928..5c8c7fbed0 100644
--- a/src/serde_utils.rs
+++ b/src/serde_utils.rs
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ pub mod btreemap_as_seq_byte_values {
 
     /// A custom key-value pair type that serialized the bytes as hex.
     #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+    #[serde(crate = "actual_serde")]
     struct OwnedPair<T>(
         T,
         #[serde(deserialize_with = "crate::serde_utils::hex_bytes::deserialize")]
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ pub mod btreemap_as_seq_byte_values {
 
     /// A custom key-value pair type that serialized the bytes as hex.
     #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
+    #[serde(crate = "actual_serde")]
     struct BorrowedPair<'a, T: 'static>(
         &'a T,
         #[serde(serialize_with = "crate::serde_utils::hex_bytes::serialize")]
diff --git a/src/util/ecdsa.rs b/src/util/ecdsa.rs
index 185b22f672..dc0c8342cd 100644
--- a/src/util/ecdsa.rs
+++ b/src/util/ecdsa.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use crate::EcdsaSighashType;
 /// An ECDSA signature with the corresponding hash type.
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct EcdsaSig {
     /// The underlying ECDSA Signature
     pub sig: secp256k1::ecdsa::Signature,
diff --git a/src/util/psbt/map/input.rs b/src/util/psbt/map/input.rs
index a58c43974b..cd78a272cb 100644
--- a/src/util/psbt/map/input.rs
+++ b/src/util/psbt/map/input.rs
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ const PSBT_IN_PROPRIETARY: u8 = 0xFC;
 /// transaction.
 #[derive(Clone, Default, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct Input {
     /// The non-witness transaction this input spends from. Should only be
     /// [std::option::Option::Some] for inputs which spend non-segwit outputs or
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ pub struct Input {
 /// for converting to/from [`PsbtSighashType`] from/to the desired signature hash type they need.
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct PsbtSighashType {
     pub (in crate::util::psbt) inner: u32,
 }
diff --git a/src/util/psbt/map/output.rs b/src/util/psbt/map/output.rs
index 08ba533d37..9c44ea75de 100644
--- a/src/util/psbt/map/output.rs
+++ b/src/util/psbt/map/output.rs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ const PSBT_OUT_PROPRIETARY: u8 = 0xFC;
 /// transaction.
 #[derive(Clone, Default, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct Output {
     /// The redeem script for this output.
     pub redeem_script: Option<Script>,
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ impl std::error::Error for IncompleteTapTree {
 /// Taproot Tree representing a finalized [`TaprootBuilder`] (a complete binary tree).
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct TapTree(pub(crate) TaprootBuilder);
 
 impl PartialEq for TapTree {
diff --git a/src/util/psbt/mod.rs b/src/util/psbt/mod.rs
index 81aeefa3a9..13344ae022 100644
--- a/src/util/psbt/mod.rs
+++ b/src/util/psbt/mod.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ pub type Psbt = PartiallySignedTransaction;
 /// A Partially Signed Transaction.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct PartiallySignedTransaction {
     /// The unsigned transaction, scriptSigs and witnesses for each input must be empty.
     pub unsigned_tx: Transaction,
diff --git a/src/util/psbt/raw.rs b/src/util/psbt/raw.rs
index cf7883527f..64522b1ec0 100644
--- a/src/util/psbt/raw.rs
+++ b/src/util/psbt/raw.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use crate::util::read_to_end;
 /// A PSBT key in its raw byte form.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Hash, Eq, Clone, Ord, PartialOrd)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct Key {
     /// The type of this PSBT key.
     pub type_value: u8,
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ pub struct Key {
 /// A PSBT key-value pair in its raw byte form.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct Pair {
     /// The key of this key-value pair.
     pub key: Key,
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ pub type ProprietaryType = u8;
 /// structure according to BIP 174.
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash, Debug)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct ProprietaryKey<Subtype=ProprietaryType> where Subtype: Copy + From<u8> + Into<u8> {
     /// Proprietary type prefix used for grouping together keys under some
     /// application and avoid namespace collision
diff --git a/src/util/schnorr.rs b/src/util/schnorr.rs
index 8d6791209b..6302f6c533 100644
--- a/src/util/schnorr.rs
+++ b/src/util/schnorr.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ pub type UntweakedPublicKey = crate::XOnlyPublicKey;
 /// Tweaked BIP-340 X-coord-only public key
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(transparent))]
 pub struct TweakedPublicKey(crate::XOnlyPublicKey);
 
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ pub type UntweakedKeyPair = crate::KeyPair;
 /// Tweaked BIP-340 key pair
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash, Debug)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(transparent))]
 pub struct TweakedKeyPair(crate::KeyPair);
 
@@ -214,6 +216,7 @@ impl From<TweakedKeyPair> for crate::KeyPair {
 /// A BIP340-341 serialized schnorr signature with the corresponding hash type.
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct SchnorrSig {
     /// The underlying schnorr signature
     pub sig: secp256k1::schnorr::Signature,
diff --git a/src/util/taproot.rs b/src/util/taproot.rs
index b1efc1da28..874002b514 100644
--- a/src/util/taproot.rs
+++ b/src/util/taproot.rs
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ type ScriptMerkleProofMap = BTreeMap<(Script, LeafVersion), BTreeSet<TaprootMerk
 /// [annex](https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0341.mediawiki#cite_note-5).
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct TaprootSpendInfo {
     /// The BIP341 internal key.
     internal_key: UntweakedPublicKey,
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@ impl TaprootSpendInfo {
 // Similar to Taproot Builder in bitcoin core.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct TaprootBuilder {
     // The following doc-comment is from bitcoin core, but modified for Rust. It describes the
     // current state of the builder for a given tree.
@@ -531,6 +533,7 @@ impl TaprootBuilder {
 /// root [`NodeInfo`].
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct NodeInfo {
     /// Merkle hash for this node.
     pub(crate) hash: sha256::Hash,
@@ -583,6 +586,7 @@ impl NodeInfo {
 /// Store information about taproot leaf node.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct ScriptLeaf {
     /// The underlying script.
     script: Script,
@@ -641,6 +645,7 @@ impl ScriptLeaf {
 // `TapLeafHash`.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash, Default)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct TaprootMerkleBranch(Vec<sha256::Hash>);
 
 impl TaprootMerkleBranch {
@@ -717,6 +722,7 @@ impl TaprootMerkleBranch {
 /// Control block data structure used in Tapscript satisfaction.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(crate = "actual_serde"))]
 pub struct ControlBlock {
     /// The tapleaf version.
     pub leaf_version: LeafVersion,