diff --git a/elliptic-curve/Cargo.toml b/elliptic-curve/Cargo.toml
index 54c56483d..f57e2787c 100644
--- a/elliptic-curve/Cargo.toml
+++ b/elliptic-curve/Cargo.toml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ hazmat = []
 jwk = ["alloc", "base64ct/alloc", "serde", "serde_json", "zeroize/alloc"]
 pkcs8 = ["dep:pkcs8", "sec1"]
 pem = ["alloc", "arithmetic", "pem-rfc7468/alloc", "pkcs8", "sec1/pem"]
-serde = ["alloc", "sec1/serde", "serdect"]
+serde = ["dep:serdect", "alloc", "pkcs8", "sec1/serde"]
 voprf = ["digest"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
diff --git a/elliptic-curve/src/public_key.rs b/elliptic-curve/src/public_key.rs
index 1a6b01b9b..d9704f960 100644
--- a/elliptic-curve/src/public_key.rs
+++ b/elliptic-curve/src/public_key.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use pkcs8::EncodePublicKey;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "jwk", feature = "pem"))]
 use alloc::string::{String, ToString};
 
-#[cfg(all(feature = "pkcs8", feature = "serde"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 use serdect::serde::{de, ser, Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 #[cfg(all(feature = "sec1", feature = "pkcs8"))]
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(all(feature = "pkcs8", feature = "serde"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 impl<C> Serialize for PublicKey<C>
 where
     C: AssociatedOid + CurveArithmetic,
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(all(feature = "pkcs8", feature = "serde"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 impl<'de, C> Deserialize<'de> for PublicKey<C>
 where
     C: AssociatedOid + CurveArithmetic,