diff --git a/serde/src/de/mod.rs b/serde/src/de/mod.rs
index 6d3947363..1f0c8adc1 100644
--- a/serde/src/de/mod.rs
+++ b/serde/src/de/mod.rs
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ use lib::*;
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#[macro_use]
 pub mod value;
 
 mod from_primitive;
diff --git a/serde/src/de/value.rs b/serde/src/de/value.rs
index 19cc71004..15fb76e3e 100644
--- a/serde/src/de/value.rs
+++ b/serde/src/de/value.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ use ser;
 
 /// For structs that contain a PhantomData. We do not want the trait
 /// bound `E: Clone` inferred by derive(Clone).
+#[doc(hidden)]
+#[macro_export]
 macro_rules! impl_copy_clone {
     ($ty:ident $(<$lifetime:tt>)*) => {
         impl<$($lifetime,)* E> Copy for $ty<$($lifetime,)* E> {}
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ macro_rules! impl_copy_clone {
 }
 
 /// Creates a deserializer any method of which forwards to the specified visitor method
+#[doc(hidden)]
+#[macro_export(local_inner_macros)]
 macro_rules! forward_deserializer {
     // Non-borrowed references
     (
@@ -72,15 +76,15 @@ macro_rules! forward_deserializer {
 
         impl_copy_clone!($deserializer $(<$lifetime>)*);
 
-        impl<'de, $($lifetime,)* E> de::Deserializer<'de> for $deserializer<$($lifetime,)* E>
+        impl<'de, $($lifetime,)* E> $crate::de::Deserializer<'de> for $deserializer<$($lifetime,)* E>
         where
-            E: de::Error,
+            E: $crate::de::Error,
         {
             type Error = E;
 
-            fn deserialize_any<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+            fn deserialize_any<V>(self, visitor: V) -> $crate::export::Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
             where
-                V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+                V: $crate::de::Visitor<'de>,
             {
                 visitor.$visit(self.value)
             }
@@ -116,15 +120,15 @@ macro_rules! forward_deserializer {
 
         impl_copy_clone!($deserializer<'de>);
 
-        impl<'de, E> de::Deserializer<'de> for $deserializer<'de, E>
+        impl<'de, E> $crate::de::Deserializer<'de> for $deserializer<'de, E>
         where
-            E: de::Error,
+            E: $crate::de::Error,
         {
             type Error = E;
 
-            fn deserialize_any<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+            fn deserialize_any<V>(self, visitor: V) -> $crate::export::Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
             where
-                V: de::Visitor<'de>,
+                V: $crate::de::Visitor<'de>,
             {
                 visitor.$visit(self.value)
             }
diff --git a/serde/src/lib.rs b/serde/src/lib.rs
index 0acf0583a..1f37a3f1b 100644
--- a/serde/src/lib.rs
+++ b/serde/src/lib.rs
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ mod macros;
 #[macro_use]
 mod integer128;
 
+#[macro_use]
 pub mod de;
 pub mod ser;
 
diff --git a/serde/src/private/de.rs b/serde/src/private/de.rs
index 57dad9aaf..270525402 100644
--- a/serde/src/private/de.rs
+++ b/serde/src/private/de.rs
@@ -2554,10 +2554,7 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-pub struct StrDeserializer<'a, E> {
-    value: &'a str,
-    marker: PhantomData<E>,
-}
+forward_deserializer!(ref StrDeserializer<'a>(&'a str) => visit_str);
 
 impl<'a, E> IdentifierDeserializer<'a, E> for &'a str
 where
@@ -2566,30 +2563,7 @@ where
     type Deserializer = StrDeserializer<'a, E>;
 
     fn from(self) -> Self::Deserializer {
-        StrDeserializer {
-            value: self,
-            marker: PhantomData,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'de, 'a, E> Deserializer<'de> for StrDeserializer<'a, E>
-where
-    E: Error,
-{
-    type Error = E;
-
-    fn deserialize_any<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
-    where
-        V: Visitor<'de>,
-    {
-        visitor.visit_str(self.value)
-    }
-
-    forward_to_deserialize_any! {
-        bool i8 i16 i32 i64 i128 u8 u16 u32 u64 u128 f32 f64 char str string
-        bytes byte_buf option unit unit_struct newtype_struct seq tuple
-        tuple_struct map struct enum identifier ignored_any
+        StrDeserializer::new(self)
     }
 }