diff --git a/crates/ruma-macros/src/api/request/incoming.rs b/crates/ruma-macros/src/api/request/incoming.rs
index 80f2fba4..f6f16072 100644
--- a/crates/ruma-macros/src/api/request/incoming.rs
+++ b/crates/ruma-macros/src/api/request/incoming.rs
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ impl Request {
                 type EndpointError = #error_ty;
                 type OutgoingResponse = Response;
 
-                const METADATA: #ruma_common::api::Metadata = self::METADATA;
+                const METADATA: #ruma_common::api::Metadata = METADATA;
 
                 fn try_from_http_request<B, S>(
                     request: #http::Request<B>,
diff --git a/crates/ruma-macros/src/api/request/outgoing.rs b/crates/ruma-macros/src/api/request/outgoing.rs
index d954d672..624f85bc 100644
--- a/crates/ruma-macros/src/api/request/outgoing.rs
+++ b/crates/ruma-macros/src/api/request/outgoing.rs
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ impl Request {
                 type EndpointError = #error_ty;
                 type IncomingResponse = Response;
 
-                const METADATA: #ruma_common::api::Metadata = self::METADATA;
+                const METADATA: #ruma_common::api::Metadata = METADATA;
 
                 fn try_into_http_request<T: ::std::default::Default + #bytes::BufMut>(
                     self,
@@ -169,11 +169,9 @@ impl Request {
                     access_token: #ruma_common::api::SendAccessToken<'_>,
                     considering_versions: &'_ [#ruma_common::api::MatrixVersion],
                 ) -> ::std::result::Result<#http::Request<T>, #ruma_common::api::error::IntoHttpError> {
-                    let metadata = self::METADATA;
-
                     let mut req_builder = #http::Request::builder()
                         .method(#http::Method::#method)
-                        .uri(metadata.make_endpoint_url(
+                        .uri(METADATA.make_endpoint_url(
                             considering_versions,
                             base_url,
                             &[ #( &self.#path_fields ),* ],