diff --git a/ethbloom/Cargo.toml b/ethbloom/Cargo.toml
index 09ee606..a3a421d 100644
--- a/ethbloom/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethbloom/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = { version = "0.4" }
-rustc-hex = "2.0"
+hex-literal = "0.1.1"
 
 [features]
 default = ["std", "heapsizeof", "serialize", "fixed-hash/libc"]
diff --git a/ethbloom/src/lib.rs b/ethbloom/src/lib.rs
index 78a8d77..462551c 100644
--- a/ethbloom/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ethbloom/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 //! 
 //! ```rust
 //! extern crate ethbloom;
-//! extern crate rustc_hex;
-//! use rustc_hex::FromHex;
+//! #[macro_use] extern crate hex_literal;
 //! use ethbloom::{Bloom, Input};
 //!
 //! fn main() {
 //! 	let bloom: Bloom = "00000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000008000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000".into();
-//! 	let address = "ef2d6d194084c2de36e0dabfce45d046b37d1106".from_hex().unwrap();
-//! 	let topic = "02c69be41d0b7e40352fc85be1cd65eb03d40ef8427a0ca4596b1ead9a00e9fc".from_hex().unwrap();
+//! 	let address = hex!("ef2d6d194084c2de36e0dabfce45d046b37d1106");
+//! 	let topic = hex!("02c69be41d0b7e40352fc85be1cd65eb03d40ef8427a0ca4596b1ead9a00e9fc");
 //! 	
 //! 	let mut my_bloom = Bloom::default();
 //! 	assert!(!my_bloom.contains_input(Input::Raw(&address)));
@@ -44,6 +43,10 @@ extern crate ethereum_types_serialize;
 #[cfg(feature="serialize")]
 extern crate serde;
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate hex_literal;
+
 #[cfg(feature="serialize")]
 use serde::{Serialize, Serializer, Deserialize, Deserializer};
 
@@ -254,15 +257,13 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Bloom {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-	extern crate rustc_hex;
-	use self::rustc_hex::FromHex;
 	use {Bloom, Input};
 
 	#[test]
 	fn it_works() {
 		let bloom: Bloom = "00000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000008000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000".into();
-		let address = "ef2d6d194084c2de36e0dabfce45d046b37d1106".from_hex().unwrap();
-		let topic = "02c69be41d0b7e40352fc85be1cd65eb03d40ef8427a0ca4596b1ead9a00e9fc".from_hex().unwrap();
+		let address = hex!("ef2d6d194084c2de36e0dabfce45d046b37d1106");
+		let topic = hex!("02c69be41d0b7e40352fc85be1cd65eb03d40ef8427a0ca4596b1ead9a00e9fc");
 
 		let mut my_bloom = Bloom::default();
 		assert!(!my_bloom.contains_input(Input::Raw(&address)));