diff --git a/compiler/rustc_span/src/hygiene.rs b/compiler/rustc_span/src/hygiene.rs
index aa4bcefab939..00ef17d630c5 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_span/src/hygiene.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_span/src/hygiene.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::collections::hash_map::Entry;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::hash::Hash;
+use tracing::{debug, trace};
 
 /// A `SyntaxContext` represents a chain of pairs `(ExpnId, Transparency)` named "marks".
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_span/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_span/src/lib.rs
index 62209e3795fa..b2ca01fe3b94 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_span/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_span/src/lib.rs
@@ -38,13 +38,11 @@
 // this crate without this line making `rustc_span` available.
 extern crate self as rustc_span;
 
-#[macro_use]
-extern crate tracing;
-
 use rustc_data_structures::{outline, AtomicRef};
 use rustc_macros::{Decodable, Encodable, HashStable_Generic};
 use rustc_serialize::opaque::{FileEncoder, MemDecoder};
 use rustc_serialize::{Decodable, Decoder, Encodable, Encoder};
+use tracing::debug;
 
 mod caching_source_map_view;
 pub mod source_map;
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_span/src/source_map.rs b/compiler/rustc_span/src/source_map.rs
index 2093dcf0e831..fb212d67997a 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_span/src/source_map.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_span/src/source_map.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use rustc_macros::{Decodable, Encodable};
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::{self, BorrowedBuf, Read};
 use std::path;
+use tracing::{debug, instrument, trace};
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests;