diff --git a/serde_derive/src/de.rs b/serde_derive/src/de.rs
index 20ccb696..03e265af 100644
--- a/serde_derive/src/de.rs
+++ b/serde_derive/src/de.rs
@@ -23,15 +23,14 @@ pub fn expand_derive_deserialize(input: &syn::DeriveInput) -> Result<Tokens, Str
 
     let ident = &cont.ident;
     let params = Parameters::new(&cont);
+    let (de_impl_generics, _, ty_generics, where_clause) = split_with_de_lifetime(&params);
     let dummy_const = Ident::new(format!("_IMPL_DESERIALIZE_FOR_{}", ident));
     let body = Stmts(deserialize_body(&cont, &params));
 
     let impl_block = if let Some(remote) = cont.attrs.remote() {
-        let (impl_generics, ty_generics, where_clause) = cont.generics.split_for_impl();
-        let de_lifetime = params.de_lifetime_def();
         quote! {
-            impl #impl_generics #ident #ty_generics #where_clause {
-                fn deserialize<#de_lifetime, __D>(__deserializer: __D) -> _serde::export::Result<#remote #ty_generics, __D::Error>
+            impl #de_impl_generics #ident #ty_generics #where_clause {
+                fn deserialize<__D>(__deserializer: __D) -> _serde::export::Result<#remote #ty_generics, __D::Error>
                     where __D: _serde::Deserializer<'de>
                 {
                     #body
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ pub fn expand_derive_deserialize(input: &syn::DeriveInput) -> Result<Tokens, Str
             }
         }
     } else {
-        let (de_impl_generics, _, ty_generics, where_clause) = split_with_de_lifetime(&params);
         quote! {
             #[automatically_derived]
             impl #de_impl_generics _serde::Deserialize<'de> for #ident #ty_generics #where_clause {
diff --git a/test_suite/tests/test_gen.rs b/test_suite/tests/test_gen.rs
index 2f3d6299..a82801b9 100644
--- a/test_suite/tests/test_gen.rs
+++ b/test_suite/tests/test_gen.rs
@@ -330,6 +330,34 @@ fn test_gen() {
     struct EmptyArray {
         empty: [X; 0],
     }
+
+    enum Or<A, B> {
+        A(A),
+        B(B),
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+    #[serde(untagged, remote = "Or")]
+    enum OrDef<A, B> {
+        #[allow(dead_code)]
+        A(A),
+        #[allow(dead_code)]
+        B(B),
+    }
+
+    struct Str<'a>(&'a str);
+
+    #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+    #[serde(remote = "Str")]
+    struct StrDef<'a>(&'a str);
+
+    #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+    struct Remote<'a> {
+        #[serde(with = "OrDef")]
+        or: Or<u8, bool>,
+        #[serde(borrow, with = "StrDef")]
+        s: Str<'a>,
+    }
 }
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////