diff --git a/actix-redis/Cargo.toml b/actix-redis/Cargo.toml
index ce8a44109..3275b2afa 100644
--- a/actix-redis/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-redis/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,10 +43,9 @@ actix-http = { version = "2.0.0-alpha.3", optional = true }
 actix-service = { version = "1.0.0", optional = true }
 actix-session = { version = "0.4.0-alpha.1", optional = true }
 rand = { version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
-serde = { version = "1.0.101", optional = true, features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { version = "1.0.101", optional = true }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.40", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.7"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
-serde_json = "1.0"
diff --git a/actix-redis/examples/authentication.rs b/actix-redis/examples/authentication.rs
index a34b55309..191288bab 100644
--- a/actix-redis/examples/authentication.rs
+++ b/actix-redis/examples/authentication.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate serde_derive;
-
 use actix_redis::RedisSession;
 use actix_session::Session;
 use actix_web::{
     cookie, middleware, web, App, Error, HttpResponse, HttpServer, Responder,
 };
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 struct Credentials {
diff --git a/actix-redis/src/lib.rs b/actix-redis/src/lib.rs
index 5ee762010..af812581c 100644
--- a/actix-redis/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-redis/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,18 +5,12 @@
 //! * [API Documentation (Releases)](https://docs.rs/actix-redis/)
 //! * [Chat on gitter](https://gitter.im/actix/actix)
 //! * Cargo package: [actix-redis](https://crates.io/crates/actix-redis)
-//! * Minimum supported Rust version: 1.26 or later
-//!
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate log;
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate redis_async;
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate derive_more;
-
+//! * Minimum supported Rust version: 1.40.0 or later
 mod redis;
 pub use redis::{Command, RedisActor};
 
+use derive_more::{Display, From};
+
 #[cfg(feature = "web")]
 mod session;
 #[cfg(feature = "web")]
diff --git a/actix-redis/src/redis.rs b/actix-redis/src/redis.rs
index c60f84119..0b54b95c5 100644
--- a/actix-redis/src/redis.rs
+++ b/actix-redis/src/redis.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use actix_utils::oneshot;
 use backoff::backoff::Backoff;
 use backoff::ExponentialBackoff;
 use futures_util::FutureExt;
+use log::{error, info, warn};
 use redis_async::error::Error as RespError;
 use redis_async::resp::{RespCodec, RespValue};
 use tokio::io::{split, WriteHalf};
diff --git a/actix-redis/src/session.rs b/actix-redis/src/session.rs
index 0a2c78000..80320f4ad 100644
--- a/actix-redis/src/session.rs
+++ b/actix-redis/src/session.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use actix_web::{error, Error, HttpMessage};
 use futures_util::future::{ok, Future, Ready};
 use rand::{distributions::Alphanumeric, rngs::OsRng, Rng};
 use redis_async::resp::RespValue;
+use redis_async::resp_array;
 use time::{self, Duration, OffsetDateTime};
 
 use crate::redis::{Command, RedisActor};