diff --git a/serde_derive/src/internals/attr.rs b/serde_derive/src/internals/attr.rs
index e53f5891..dcc4bf84 100644
--- a/serde_derive/src/internals/attr.rs
+++ b/serde_derive/src/internals/attr.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+use internals::respan::respan;
 use internals::symbol::*;
 use internals::{ungroup, Ctxt};
-use proc_macro2::{Group, Spacing, Span, TokenStream, TokenTree};
+use proc_macro2::{Spacing, Span, TokenStream, TokenTree};
 use quote::ToTokens;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::collections::BTreeSet;
@@ -1949,20 +1950,5 @@ where
 
 fn spanned_tokens(s: &syn::LitStr) -> parse::Result<TokenStream> {
     let stream = syn::parse_str(&s.value())?;
-    Ok(respan_token_stream(stream, s.span()))
-}
-
-fn respan_token_stream(stream: TokenStream, span: Span) -> TokenStream {
-    stream
-        .into_iter()
-        .map(|token| respan_token_tree(token, span))
-        .collect()
-}
-
-fn respan_token_tree(mut token: TokenTree, span: Span) -> TokenTree {
-    if let TokenTree::Group(g) = &mut token {
-        *g = Group::new(g.delimiter(), respan_token_stream(g.stream(), span));
-    }
-    token.set_span(span);
-    token
+    Ok(respan(stream, s.span()))
 }
diff --git a/serde_derive/src/internals/receiver.rs b/serde_derive/src/internals/receiver.rs
index 9e4911ca..a9c6f10a 100644
--- a/serde_derive/src/internals/receiver.rs
+++ b/serde_derive/src/internals/receiver.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-use super::respan::respan;
+use internals::respan::respan;
 use proc_macro2::Span;
+use quote::ToTokens;
 use std::mem;
 use syn::punctuated::Punctuated;
 use syn::visit_mut::{self, VisitMut};
@@ -20,7 +21,9 @@ struct ReplaceReceiver<'a>(&'a TypePath);
 
 impl ReplaceReceiver<'_> {
     fn self_ty(&self, span: Span) -> TypePath {
-        respan(self.0, span)
+        let tokens = self.0.to_token_stream();
+        let respanned = respan(tokens, span);
+        syn::parse2(respanned).unwrap()
     }
 
     fn self_to_qself(&self, qself: &mut Option<QSelf>, path: &mut Path) {
diff --git a/serde_derive/src/internals/respan.rs b/serde_derive/src/internals/respan.rs
index 38f6612c..dcec7017 100644
--- a/serde_derive/src/internals/respan.rs
+++ b/serde_derive/src/internals/respan.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,16 @@
-use proc_macro2::{Span, TokenStream};
-use quote::ToTokens;
-use syn::parse::Parse;
+use proc_macro2::{Group, Span, TokenStream, TokenTree};
 
-pub(crate) fn respan<T>(node: &T, span: Span) -> T
-where
-    T: ToTokens + Parse,
-{
-    let tokens = node.to_token_stream();
-    let respanned = respan_tokens(tokens, span);
-    syn::parse2(respanned).unwrap()
-}
-
-fn respan_tokens(tokens: TokenStream, span: Span) -> TokenStream {
-    tokens
+pub(crate) fn respan(stream: TokenStream, span: Span) -> TokenStream {
+    stream
         .into_iter()
-        .map(|mut token| {
-            token.set_span(span);
-            token
-        })
+        .map(|token| respan_token(token, span))
         .collect()
 }
+
+fn respan_token(mut token: TokenTree, span: Span) -> TokenTree {
+    if let TokenTree::Group(g) = &mut token {
+        *g = Group::new(g.delimiter(), respan(g.stream(), span));
+    }
+    token.set_span(span);
+    token
+}