diff --git a/wgpu-core/Cargo.toml b/wgpu-core/Cargo.toml
index bc77bccfc..5bc785efe 100644
--- a/wgpu-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wgpu-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ license = "MPL-2.0"
 [features]
 default = []
 metal-auto-capture = ["gfx-backend-metal/auto-capture"]
-serde1 = ["wgt/serde"]
+serde = ["wgt/serde", "serde_crate"]
 #NOTE: glutin feature is not stable, use at your own risk
 #glutin = ["gfx-backend-gl/glutin"]
 
@@ -33,10 +33,15 @@ parking_lot = "0.9"
 peek-poke = { git = "https://github.com/kvark/peek-poke", rev = "969bd7fe2be1a83f87916dc8b388c63cfd457075" }
 rendy-memory = "0.5"
 rendy-descriptor = "0.5"
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["serde_derive"], optional = true }
 smallvec = "1.0"
 vec_map = "0.8"
 
+[dependencies.serde_crate]
+package = "serde"
+version = "1.0"
+features = ["serde_derive"]
+optional = true
+
 [dependencies.wgt]
 path = "../wgpu-types"
 package = "wgpu-types"
diff --git a/wgpu-core/src/binding_model.rs b/wgpu-core/src/binding_model.rs
index adee103c0..20faca8d0 100644
--- a/wgpu-core/src/binding_model.rs
+++ b/wgpu-core/src/binding_model.rs
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ use arrayvec::ArrayVec;
 use rendy_descriptor::{DescriptorRanges, DescriptorSet};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_crate::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::borrow::Borrow;
 
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Hash, Eq, PartialEq)]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize), serde(crate="serde_crate"))]
 pub enum BindingType {
     UniformBuffer = 0,
     StorageBuffer = 1,
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ pub enum BindingType {
 
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Hash, PartialEq)]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize), serde(crate="serde_crate"))]
 pub struct BindGroupLayoutBinding {
     pub binding: u32,
     pub visibility: wgt::ShaderStage,
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ pub struct PipelineLayout<B: hal::Backend> {
 
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Debug)]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize), serde(crate="serde_crate"))]
 pub struct BufferBinding {
     pub buffer: BufferId,
     pub offset: BufferAddress,
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ pub struct BufferBinding {
 
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Debug)]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize), serde(crate="serde_crate"))]
 pub enum BindingResource {
     Buffer(BufferBinding),
     Sampler(SamplerId),
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ pub enum BindingResource {
 
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Debug)]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize), serde(crate="serde_crate"))]
 pub struct BindGroupBinding {
     pub binding: u32,
     pub resource: BindingResource,
diff --git a/wgpu-core/src/id.rs b/wgpu-core/src/id.rs
index bbd8d0aec..4a217be05 100644
--- a/wgpu-core/src/id.rs
+++ b/wgpu-core/src/id.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 use crate::{Epoch, Index};
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_crate::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use wgt::Backend;
 use std::{fmt, marker::PhantomData, mem};
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const EPOCH_MASK: u32 = (1 << (32 - BACKEND_BITS)) - 1;
 type Dummy = crate::backend::Empty;
 
 #[repr(transparent)]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize), serde(crate="serde_crate"))]
 pub struct Id<T>(u64, PhantomData<T>);
 
 impl<T> Id<T> {
diff --git a/wgpu-core/src/instance.rs b/wgpu-core/src/instance.rs
index bae96942a..9f1389249 100644
--- a/wgpu-core/src/instance.rs
+++ b/wgpu-core/src/instance.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use crate::{
 use wgt::{Backend, BackendBit, DeviceDescriptor, PowerPreference, RequestAdapterOptions};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_crate::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use hal::{
     self,
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ pub struct Adapter<B: hal::Backend> {
 
 /// Metadata about a backend adapter.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize), serde(crate="serde_crate"))]
 pub struct AdapterInfo {
     /// Adapter name
     pub name: String,
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ impl AdapterInfo {
 
 /// Supported physical device types
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize), serde(crate="serde_crate"))]
 pub enum DeviceType {
     /// Other
     Other,
diff --git a/wgpu-core/src/resource.rs b/wgpu-core/src/resource.rs
index 526b798f4..2d0e5899e 100644
--- a/wgpu-core/src/resource.rs
+++ b/wgpu-core/src/resource.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use wgt::{BufferAddress, BufferUsage, CompareFunction, TextureFormat};
 use hal;
 use rendy_memory::MemoryBlock;
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
-use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_crate::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use std::{borrow::Borrow, fmt};
 
diff --git a/wgpu-remote/Cargo.toml b/wgpu-remote/Cargo.toml
index 5aabb78b1..122249413 100644
--- a/wgpu-remote/Cargo.toml
+++ b/wgpu-remote/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ default = []
 path = "../wgpu-core"
 package = "wgpu-core"
 version = "0.1"
-features = ["serde1"]
+features = ["serde"]
 
 [dependencies.wgt]
 path = "../wgpu-types"