diff --git a/serde/src/de/impls.rs b/serde/src/de/impls.rs
index 156169de..8731ae67 100644
--- a/serde/src/de/impls.rs
+++ b/serde/src/de/impls.rs
@@ -948,20 +948,20 @@ struct PathBufVisitor;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for PathBufVisitor {
-    type Value = path::PathBuf;
+    type Value = PathBuf;
 
     fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         formatter.write_str("path string")
     }
 
-    fn visit_str<E>(self, v: &str) -> Result<path::PathBuf, E>
+    fn visit_str<E>(self, v: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, E>
     where
         E: Error,
     {
         Ok(From::from(v))
     }
 
-    fn visit_string<E>(self, v: String) -> Result<path::PathBuf, E>
+    fn visit_string<E>(self, v: String) -> Result<PathBuf, E>
     where
         E: Error,
     {
@@ -971,8 +971,8 @@ impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for PathBufVisitor {
 
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
-impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for path::PathBuf {
-    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<path::PathBuf, D::Error>
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for PathBuf {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<PathBuf, D::Error>
     where
         D: Deserializer<'de>,
     {
diff --git a/serde/src/lib.rs b/serde/src/lib.rs
index de44550b..e83cfde9 100644
--- a/serde/src/lib.rs
+++ b/serde/src/lib.rs
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ mod lib {
     pub use collections::{BinaryHeap, BTreeMap, BTreeSet, LinkedList, VecDeque};
 
     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
-    pub use std::{error, net, path};
+    pub use std::{error, net};
 
     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
     pub use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ mod lib {
     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
     pub use std::io::Write;
     #[cfg(feature = "std")]
+    pub use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
     pub use std::time::Duration;
 
     #[cfg(feature = "unstable")]
diff --git a/serde/src/ser/impls.rs b/serde/src/ser/impls.rs
index 291c6670..590fb951 100644
--- a/serde/src/ser/impls.rs
+++ b/serde/src/ser/impls.rs
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ impl Serialize for net::SocketAddrV6 {
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
-impl Serialize for path::Path {
+impl Serialize for Path {
     fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
     where
         S: Serializer,
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ impl Serialize for path::Path {
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
-impl Serialize for path::PathBuf {
+impl Serialize for PathBuf {
     fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
     where
         S: Serializer,