diff --git a/prost-build/src/code_generator/enums.rs b/prost-build/src/code_generator/enums.rs
index 0f6128c39..561bc8660 100644
--- a/prost-build/src/code_generator/enums.rs
+++ b/prost-build/src/code_generator/enums.rs
@@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ impl CodeGenerator<'_> {
                 let field_attributes =
                     code_generator.resolve_field_attributes(fq_proto_enum_name, variant.proto_name);
 
-                let variant = syn::parse_str::<syn::Variant>(&format!(
+                let variant = format!(
                     "{} = {}",
                     variant.generated_variant_name, variant.proto_number
-                ))
-                .expect("unable to parse enum variant");
+                )
+                .parse_syn::<syn::Variant>();
 
                 variants.push(quote! {
                     #(#documentation)*
diff --git a/prost-build/src/code_generator/mod.rs b/prost-build/src/code_generator/mod.rs
index 3543f3aca..5903df2e6 100644
--- a/prost-build/src/code_generator/mod.rs
+++ b/prost-build/src/code_generator/mod.rs
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ impl<'a> CodeGenerator<'a> {
     }
 
     fn prost_type_path(&self, item: &str) -> TypePath {
-        syn::parse_str(&format!("{}::{}", self.resolve_prost_path(), item))
-            .expect("unable to parse prost type path")
+        format!("{}::{}", self.resolve_prost_path(), item).parse_syn()
     }
 }