diff --git a/examples/content_types/Cargo.toml b/examples/content_types/Cargo.toml
index 01d88a7f..973be5bd 100644
--- a/examples/content_types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/content_types/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ rocket = { path = "../../lib" }
 rocket_codegen = { path = "../../codegen" }
 serde = "0.8"
 serde_json = "0.8"
-serde_macros = "0.8"
+serde_derive = "0.8"
diff --git a/examples/content_types/src/main.rs b/examples/content_types/src/main.rs
index 8e5c6893..7dd0b473 100644
--- a/examples/content_types/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/content_types/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-#![feature(plugin, custom_derive)]
-#![plugin(rocket_codegen, serde_macros)]
+#![feature(plugin, rustc_macro)]
+#![plugin(rocket_codegen)]
 
 extern crate rocket;
 extern crate serde_json;
+#[macro_use] extern crate serde_derive;
 
 use rocket::{Rocket, Request, Error};
 use rocket::http::ContentType;
@@ -26,18 +27,14 @@ fn hello(content_type: ContentType, name: String, age: i8) -> data::JSON<String>
 }
 
 #[error(404)]
-fn not_found<'r>(error: Error, request: &'r Request<'r>) -> String {
-    match error {
-        Error::BadMethod if !request.content_type().is_json() => {
-            format!("<p>This server only supports JSON requests, not '{}'.</p>",
-                    request.content_type())
-        }
-        Error::NoRoute => {
-            format!("<p>Sorry, '{}' is not a valid path!</p>
+fn not_found<'r>(_: Error, request: &'r Request<'r>) -> String {
+    if !request.content_type().is_json() {
+        format!("<p>This server only supports JSON requests, not '{}'.</p>",
+                request.content_type())
+    } else {
+        format!("<p>Sorry, '{}' is not a valid path!</p>
                     <p>Try visiting /hello/&lt;name&gt;/&lt;age&gt; instead.</p>",
                     request.uri())
-        }
-        _ => format!("<p>Bad Request</p>"),
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/handlebars_templates/Cargo.toml b/examples/handlebars_templates/Cargo.toml
index 18907952..d11180a3 100644
--- a/examples/handlebars_templates/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/handlebars_templates/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ workspace = "../../"
 rocket = { path = "../../lib" }
 rocket_codegen = { path = "../../codegen" }
 serde = "*"
-serde_macros = "*"
+serde_derive = "*"
 serde_json = "*"
 
 [dependencies.rocket_contrib]
diff --git a/examples/handlebars_templates/src/main.rs b/examples/handlebars_templates/src/main.rs
index fb01b211..a75296da 100644
--- a/examples/handlebars_templates/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/handlebars_templates/src/main.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-#![feature(plugin, custom_derive)]
-#![plugin(rocket_codegen, serde_macros)]
+#![feature(plugin, rustc_macro)]
+#![plugin(rocket_codegen)]
 
 extern crate rocket_contrib;
 extern crate rocket;
 extern crate serde_json;
+#[macro_use] extern crate serde_derive;
 
 use rocket::{Rocket, Request, Error};
 use rocket::response::Redirect;
diff --git a/examples/json/Cargo.toml b/examples/json/Cargo.toml
index bdfefb7d..7d16802d 100644
--- a/examples/json/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/json/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ rocket = { path = "../../lib" }
 rocket_codegen = { path = "../../codegen" }
 serde = "*"
 serde_json = "*"
-serde_macros = "*"
+serde_derive = "*"
 lazy_static = "*"
 
 [dependencies.rocket_contrib]
diff --git a/examples/json/src/main.rs b/examples/json/src/main.rs
index 3b9483d3..e2fb565e 100644
--- a/examples/json/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/json/src/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-#![feature(plugin, custom_derive)]
-#![plugin(rocket_codegen, serde_macros)]
+#![feature(plugin, rustc_macro)]
+#![plugin(rocket_codegen)]
 
-#[macro_use] extern crate lazy_static;
-#[macro_use] extern crate rocket_contrib;
 extern crate rocket;
 extern crate serde_json;
+#[macro_use] extern crate lazy_static;
+#[macro_use] extern crate rocket_contrib;
+#[macro_use] extern crate serde_derive;
 
 use rocket::{Rocket, Request, Error};
 use rocket_contrib::JSON;
diff --git a/examples/todo/Cargo.toml b/examples/todo/Cargo.toml
index 8643c57d..79869237 100644
--- a/examples/todo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/todo/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ rocket_codegen = { path = "../../codegen" }
 lazy_static = "*"
 serde = "0.8"
 serde_json = "0.8"
-serde_macros = "0.8"
+serde_derive = "0.8"
 diesel = { git = "https://github.com/SergioBenitez/diesel", features = ["sqlite"] }
 diesel_codegen = { git = "https://github.com/SergioBenitez/diesel", default_features = false, features = ["sqlite"] }
 
diff --git a/examples/todo/src/main.rs b/examples/todo/src/main.rs
index cd6da89e..f7f1836a 100644
--- a/examples/todo/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/todo/src/main.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-#![feature(plugin, custom_derive, custom_attribute)]
-#![plugin(rocket_codegen, serde_macros, diesel_codegen)]
+#![feature(plugin, custom_derive, custom_attribute, rustc_macro)]
+#![plugin(rocket_codegen, diesel_codegen)]
 
 extern crate rocket;
+extern crate serde_json;
 #[macro_use] extern crate diesel;
 #[macro_use] extern crate lazy_static;
 #[macro_use] extern crate rocket_contrib;
-extern crate serde_json;
+#[macro_use] extern crate serde_derive;
 
 mod static_files;
 mod task;