diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e8dc2fee52d5..5b6b19ac5f1b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3337,7 +3337,6 @@ name = "forge-doc"
 version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "alloy-primitives",
- "auto_impl",
  "derive_more 1.0.0",
  "eyre",
  "forge-fmt",
diff --git a/crates/doc/Cargo.toml b/crates/doc/Cargo.toml
index 0dcd407476c0..3ebc7f8dac62 100644
--- a/crates/doc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/doc/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ foundry-config.workspace = true
 
 alloy-primitives.workspace = true
 
-auto_impl.workspace = true
 derive_more.workspace = true
 eyre.workspace = true
 itertools.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/doc/src/writer/as_doc.rs b/crates/doc/src/writer/as_doc.rs
index a21a59c1111c..a14f9d344471 100644
--- a/crates/doc/src/writer/as_doc.rs
+++ b/crates/doc/src/writer/as_doc.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 pub type AsDocResult = Result<String, std::fmt::Error>;
 
 /// A trait for formatting a parse unit as documentation.
-#[auto_impl::auto_impl(&)]
 pub trait AsDoc {
     /// Formats a parse tree item into a doc string.
     fn as_doc(&self) -> AsDocResult;
@@ -224,7 +223,7 @@ impl AsDoc for Document {
                         // TODO: cleanup
                         // Write function docs
                         writer.writeln_doc(
-                            item.comments.exclude_tags(&[CommentTag::Param, CommentTag::Return]),
+                            &item.comments.exclude_tags(&[CommentTag::Param, CommentTag::Return]),
                         )?;
 
                         // Write function header
@@ -295,7 +294,7 @@ impl Document {
         writer.writeln()?;
 
         // Write function docs
-        writer.writeln_doc(comments.exclude_tags(&[CommentTag::Param, CommentTag::Return]))?;
+        writer.writeln_doc(&comments.exclude_tags(&[CommentTag::Param, CommentTag::Return]))?;
 
         // Write function header
         writer.write_code(code)?;
diff --git a/crates/doc/src/writer/buf_writer.rs b/crates/doc/src/writer/buf_writer.rs
index dfec68fe25ce..e6109c338c03 100644
--- a/crates/doc/src/writer/buf_writer.rs
+++ b/crates/doc/src/writer/buf_writer.rs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ impl BufWriter {
     }
 
     /// Write [AsDoc] implementation to the buffer with newline.
-    pub fn writeln_doc<T: AsDoc>(&mut self, doc: T) -> fmt::Result {
+    pub fn writeln_doc<T: AsDoc>(&mut self, doc: &T) -> fmt::Result {
         writeln!(self.buf, "{}", doc.as_doc()?)
     }