diff --git a/tls_codec/derive/src/lib.rs b/tls_codec/derive/src/lib.rs
index 63ebe0898..07abfad98 100644
--- a/tls_codec/derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tls_codec/derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ fn impl_deserialize_bytes(parsed_ast: TlsStruct) -> TokenStream2 {
                 impl #impl_generics tls_codec::DeserializeBytes for #ident #ty_generics #where_clause {
                     fn tls_deserialize_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> core::result::Result<(Self, &[u8]), tls_codec::Error> {
                         #discriminant_constants
-                        let (discriminant, remainder) = <#repr as tls_codec::DeserializeBytes>::tls_deserialize_bytes(bytes)?;
+                        let (discriminant, remainder) = #repr::tls_deserialize_bytes(bytes)?;
                         match discriminant {
                             #(#arms)*
                             _ => {
diff --git a/tls_codec/derive/tests/decode.rs b/tls_codec/derive/tests/decode.rs
index 698ee0c40..93d5fa430 100644
--- a/tls_codec/derive/tests/decode.rs
+++ b/tls_codec/derive/tests/decode.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #![cfg(feature = "std")]
 use tls_codec::{
-    Deserialize, Error, Serialize, Size, TlsSliceU16, TlsVecU16, TlsVecU32, TlsVecU8, VLBytes,
+    Deserialize, DeserializeBytes, Error, Serialize, Size, TlsSliceU16, TlsVecU16, TlsVecU32,
+    TlsVecU8, VLBytes,
 };
 use tls_codec_derive::{TlsDeserialize, TlsDeserializeBytes, TlsSerialize, TlsSize};
 
@@ -58,10 +59,7 @@ fn tuple_struct() {
     let serialized_t1 = t1.tls_serialize_detached().unwrap();
     let deserialized_t1 = TupleStruct1::tls_deserialize(&mut serialized_t1.as_slice()).unwrap();
     let (deserialized_bytes_t1, _remainder) =
-        <TupleStruct1 as tls_codec::DeserializeBytes>::tls_deserialize_bytes(
-            serialized_t1.as_slice(),
-        )
-        .unwrap();
+        TupleStruct1::tls_deserialize_bytes(serialized_t1.as_slice()).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(t1, deserialized_t1);
     assert_eq!(t1, deserialized_bytes_t1);
     assert_eq!(
@@ -77,10 +75,7 @@ fn tuple_struct() {
     let serialized_t2 = t2.tls_serialize_detached().unwrap();
     let deserialized_t2 = TupleStruct::tls_deserialize(&mut serialized_t2.as_slice()).unwrap();
     let (deserialized_bytes_t2, _remainder) =
-        <TupleStruct as tls_codec::DeserializeBytes>::tls_deserialize_bytes(
-            serialized_t2.as_slice(),
-        )
-        .unwrap();
+        TupleStruct::tls_deserialize_bytes(serialized_t2.as_slice()).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(t2, deserialized_t2);
     assert_eq!(t2, deserialized_bytes_t2);
     assert_eq!(
@@ -98,8 +93,7 @@ fn simple_enum() {
     let b = &[0u8, 5] as &[u8];
     let mut b_reader = b;
     let deserialized = ExtensionType::tls_deserialize(&mut b_reader).unwrap();
-    let (deserialized_bytes, _remainder) =
-        <ExtensionType as tls_codec::DeserializeBytes>::tls_deserialize_bytes(b).unwrap();
+    let (deserialized_bytes, _remainder) = ExtensionType::tls_deserialize_bytes(b).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(ExtensionType::RatchetTree, deserialized);
     assert_eq!(ExtensionType::RatchetTree, deserialized_bytes);
 
@@ -113,8 +107,7 @@ fn simple_enum() {
     for variant in variants.iter() {
         let deserialized = ExtensionType::tls_deserialize(&mut b_reader).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(variant, &deserialized);
-        let (deserialized_bytes, remainder) =
-            <ExtensionType as tls_codec::DeserializeBytes>::tls_deserialize_bytes(b).unwrap();
+        let (deserialized_bytes, remainder) = ExtensionType::tls_deserialize_bytes(b).unwrap();
         b = remainder;
         assert_eq!(variant, &deserialized_bytes);
     }
@@ -133,11 +126,9 @@ fn deserialize_tls_vec() {
     assert_eq!(long_vector.len(), deserialized_long_vec.len());
     assert_eq!(long_vector, deserialized_long_vec);
     let (deserialized_long_vec_bytes, _remainder): (Vec<ExtensionStruct>, &[u8]) =
-        <TlsVecU16<ExtensionStruct> as tls_codec::DeserializeBytes>::tls_deserialize_bytes(
-            serialized_long_vec.as_slice(),
-        )
-        .map(|(v, r)| (v.into(), r))
-        .unwrap();
+        TlsVecU16::<ExtensionStruct>::tls_deserialize_bytes(serialized_long_vec.as_slice())
+            .map(|(v, r)| (v.into(), r))
+            .unwrap();
     assert_eq!(long_vector.len(), deserialized_long_vec_bytes.len());
     assert_eq!(long_vector, deserialized_long_vec_bytes);
 }