diff --git a/src/pubsub/mod.rs b/src/pubsub/mod.rs
index cde7e77529d65e99dfd0b4f96bc7f198449cd8ee..4b998b9febddc61c341e82d28edf88a1ebde497d 100644
--- a/src/pubsub/mod.rs
+++ b/src/pubsub/mod.rs
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ impl Item {
 }
 
 /// This trait should be implemented on any element which can be included as a PubSub payload.
-pub trait PubSubPayload: crate::TryFrom<crate::Element> + Into<crate::Element> {}
+pub trait PubSubPayload: ::std::convert::TryFrom<crate::Element> + Into<crate::Element> {}
diff --git a/src/util/macros.rs b/src/util/macros.rs
index 010cde52bb48675b7ba8a43cbb2b45365c734923..5b54cf65d57d97cf38778f18cc70bc616776b410 100644
--- a/src/util/macros.rs
+++ b/src/util/macros.rs
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ macro_rules! assert_size (
 // TODO: move that to src/pubsub/mod.rs, once we figure out how to use macros from there.
 macro_rules! impl_pubsub_item {
     ($item:ident, $ns:ident) => {
-        impl crate::TryFrom<crate::Element> for $item {
+        impl ::std::convert::TryFrom<crate::Element> for $item {
             type Error = Error;
 
             fn try_from(elem: crate::Element) -> Result<$item, Error> {