diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index baf5468da..ee72068ea 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ serde_json = "1.0.97"
 serde_yaml = "0.9.19"
 smol_str = "0.3.1"
 strum = "0.27.0"
-strum_macros = "0.27.0"
 thiserror = "2.0.6"
 typetag = "0.2.7"
 clap = { version = "4.5.4" }
diff --git a/hugr-core/Cargo.toml b/hugr-core/Cargo.toml
index 33c62422e..8569de079 100644
--- a/hugr-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hugr-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ petgraph = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 delegate = { workspace = true }
 paste = { workspace = true }
-strum = { workspace = true }
-strum_macros = { workspace = true }
+strum = { workspace = true , features = ["derive"]}
 semver = { version = "1.0.23", features = ["serde"] }
 hugr-model = { version = "0.17.1", path = "../hugr-model", optional = true }
 indexmap.workspace = true
diff --git a/hugr-core/src/extension/prelude.rs b/hugr-core/src/extension/prelude.rs
index 0f8e369ad..af9d12d6c 100644
--- a/hugr-core/src/extension/prelude.rs
+++ b/hugr-core/src/extension/prelude.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use crate::types::{
 use crate::utils::sorted_consts;
 use crate::{type_row, Extension};
 
-use strum_macros::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
+use strum::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
 
 use super::resolution::{resolve_type_extensions, ExtensionResolutionError, WeakExtensionRegistry};
 use super::ExtensionRegistry;
diff --git a/hugr-core/src/extension/simple_op.rs b/hugr-core/src/extension/simple_op.rs
index f812de8a3..dcae554ec 100644
--- a/hugr-core/src/extension/simple_op.rs
+++ b/hugr-core/src/extension/simple_op.rs
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ impl<T: MakeOpDef> MakeExtensionOp for T {
 }
 
 /// Load an [MakeOpDef] from its name.
-/// See [strum_macros::EnumString].
+/// See [strum::EnumString].
 pub fn try_from_name<T>(name: &OpNameRef, def_extension: &ExtensionId) -> Result<T, OpLoadError>
 where
     T: std::str::FromStr + MakeOpDef,
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ mod test {
 
     use super::*;
     use lazy_static::lazy_static;
-    use strum_macros::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
+    use strum::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
 
     #[derive(Clone, Debug, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, EnumIter, IntoStaticStr, EnumString)]
     enum DummyEnum {
diff --git a/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/arithmetic/conversions.rs b/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/arithmetic/conversions.rs
index c77c81bfa..78971ab02 100644
--- a/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/arithmetic/conversions.rs
+++ b/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/arithmetic/conversions.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use std::sync::{Arc, Weak};
 
-use strum_macros::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
+use strum::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
 
 use crate::extension::prelude::sum_with_error;
 use crate::extension::prelude::{bool_t, string_type, usize_t};
diff --git a/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/arithmetic/float_ops.rs b/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/arithmetic/float_ops.rs
index beb32346e..08b478535 100644
--- a/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/arithmetic/float_ops.rs
+++ b/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/arithmetic/float_ops.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use std::sync::{Arc, Weak};
 
-use strum_macros::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
+use strum::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
 
 use super::float_types::float64_type;
 use crate::{
diff --git a/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/arithmetic/int_ops.rs b/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/arithmetic/int_ops.rs
index 540b2134b..d0ae7baa7 100644
--- a/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/arithmetic/int_ops.rs
+++ b/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/arithmetic/int_ops.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
-use strum_macros::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
+use strum::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
 
 mod const_fold;
 
diff --git a/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/collections/array/array_op.rs b/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/collections/array/array_op.rs
index 96b23a3a0..2c256880b 100644
--- a/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/collections/array/array_op.rs
+++ b/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/collections/array/array_op.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use std::sync::{Arc, Weak};
 
-use strum_macros::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
+use strum::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
 
 use crate::extension::prelude::{either_type, option_type, usize_t};
 use crate::extension::simple_op::{
diff --git a/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/collections/list.rs b/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/collections/list.rs
index 53e82dd51..98804bab0 100644
--- a/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/collections/list.rs
+++ b/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/collections/list.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use std::sync::{Arc, Weak};
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use strum_macros::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
+use strum::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
 
 use crate::extension::prelude::{either_type, option_type, usize_t};
 use crate::extension::resolution::{
diff --git a/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/logic.rs b/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/logic.rs
index 2f042b7bd..fcc8be9d3 100644
--- a/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/logic.rs
+++ b/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/logic.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use std::sync::{Arc, Weak};
 
-use strum_macros::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
+use strum::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
 
 use crate::extension::{ConstFold, ConstFoldResult};
 use crate::ops::constant::ValueName;
diff --git a/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/ptr.rs b/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/ptr.rs
index 16c98352a..fc0b1bbb4 100644
--- a/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/ptr.rs
+++ b/hugr-core/src/std_extensions/ptr.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 use std::sync::{Arc, Weak};
 
-use strum_macros::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
+use strum::{EnumIter, EnumString, IntoStaticStr};
 
 use crate::builder::{BuildError, Dataflow};
 use crate::extension::TypeDefBound;