diff --git a/rocket-okapi-codegen/Cargo.toml b/rocket-okapi-codegen/Cargo.toml
index 23a16d4b..602a5391 100644
--- a/rocket-okapi-codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rocket-okapi-codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ proc-macro = true
 [dependencies]
 rocket_http = "0.4.3"
 darling = "0.10"
-syn = { version = "1.0", features = ["fold"] }
+syn = "1.0"
 proc-macro2 = "1.0"
 quote = "1.0"
diff --git a/rocket-okapi-codegen/src/lib.rs b/rocket-okapi-codegen/src/lib.rs
index 4789bbb4..b28d3ba9 100644
--- a/rocket-okapi-codegen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rocket-okapi-codegen/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ mod openapi_attr;
 mod routes_with_openapi;
 
 use proc_macro::TokenStream;
-use syn::fold::{self, Fold};
-use syn::{token::Paren, GenericArgument, Ident, Type, TypeParen};
+use syn::Ident;
 
 /// A proc macro to be used in tandem with one of `Rocket`'s endpoint macros. It requires that all
 /// of the arguments of the route implement one of the traits in `rocket_okapi::request`, and that
@@ -28,8 +27,6 @@ use syn::{token::Paren, GenericArgument, Ident, Type, TypeParen};
 /// ```
 #[proc_macro_attribute]
 pub fn openapi(args: TokenStream, mut input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
-    input = preserve_span_information(input);
-
     // We don't need to modify/replace the input TokenStream,
     // we just need to append to it.
     input.extend(openapi_attr::parse(args, input.clone()));
@@ -44,39 +41,6 @@ pub fn routes_with_openapi(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
     routes_with_openapi::parse(input)
 }
 
-fn preserve_span_information(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
-    // Outputting the input unmodified would cause its span information to be
-    // lost when being consumed by other macros. But parsing it in then quoting
-    // it back out causes span information to be preserved.
-    // See https://github.com/GREsau/okapi/issues/12
-    // and https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/43081
-    let parsed_input: syn::Item = syn::parse(input).unwrap();
-
-    // Nested generics cause span bugs - we can work around this by wrapping all
-    // generic type parameters in parentheses.
-    // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/48258
-    let parsed_input = GenericTypeVisitor.fold_item(parsed_input);
-
-    quote!(#parsed_input).into()
-}
-
-struct GenericTypeVisitor;
-
-impl Fold for GenericTypeVisitor {
-    fn fold_generic_argument(&mut self, mut node: GenericArgument) -> GenericArgument {
-        node = fold::fold_generic_argument(self, node);
-
-        if let GenericArgument::Type(ty) = node {
-            node = GenericArgument::Type(Type::Paren(TypeParen {
-                paren_token: Paren::default(),
-                elem: Box::new(ty),
-            }));
-        }
-
-        node
-    }
-}
-
 fn get_add_operation_fn_name(route_fn_name: &Ident) -> Ident {
     Ident::new(
         &format!("okapi_add_operation_for_{}_", route_fn_name),