diff --git a/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/accumulator.rs b/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/accumulator.rs
index 2f6b6221..4a6537d4 100644
--- a/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/accumulator.rs
+++ b/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/accumulator.rs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ fn ingredients_for_impl(
     data_ty: &syn::Type,
 ) -> syn::ItemImpl {
     let jar_ty = args.jar_ty();
-    let debug_name = proc_macro2::Literal::string(&struct_name.to_string());
+    let debug_name = crate::literal(struct_name);
     parse_quote! {
         impl salsa::storage::IngredientsFor for #struct_name {
             type Ingredients = salsa::accumulator::AccumulatorIngredient<#data_ty>;
diff --git a/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/input.rs b/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/input.rs
index aa7fbf6b..9dc26d4a 100644
--- a/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/input.rs
+++ b/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/input.rs
@@ -130,17 +130,14 @@ impl InputStruct {
     /// The entity's ingredients include both the main entity ingredient along with a
     /// function ingredient for each of the value fields.
     fn input_ingredients(&self) -> syn::ItemImpl {
+        use crate::literal;
         let ident = self.id_ident();
         let field_ty = self.all_field_tys();
         let jar_ty = self.jar_ty();
         let all_field_indices: Vec<Literal> = self.all_field_indices();
         let input_index: Literal = self.input_index();
-        let debug_name_struct = Literal::string(&self.id_ident().to_string());
-        let debug_name_fields: Vec<_> = self
-            .all_field_names()
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(|ident| Literal::string(&ident.to_string()))
-            .collect();
+        let debug_name_struct = literal(self.id_ident());
+        let debug_name_fields: Vec<_> = self.all_field_names().into_iter().map(literal).collect();
 
         parse_quote! {
             impl salsa::storage::IngredientsFor for #ident {
diff --git a/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/lib.rs b/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/lib.rs
index 13263b3b..45b31e67 100644
--- a/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ macro_rules! parse_quote_spanned {
     }
 }
 
+/// Convert a single Ident to Literal: useful when &'static str is needed.
+pub(crate) fn literal(ident: &proc_macro2::Ident) -> proc_macro2::Literal {
+    proc_macro2::Literal::string(&ident.to_string())
+}
+
 mod accumulator;
 mod configuration;
 mod db;
diff --git a/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/tracked_fn.rs b/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/tracked_fn.rs
index 39547d1f..e62b5e54 100644
--- a/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/tracked_fn.rs
+++ b/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/tracked_fn.rs
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ fn ingredients_for_impl(
     let lru = args.lru.unwrap_or(0);
 
     // get the name of the function as a string literal
-    let debug_name = Literal::string(&item_fn.sig.ident.to_string());
+    let debug_name = crate::literal(&item_fn.sig.ident);
 
     parse_quote! {
         impl salsa::storage::IngredientsFor for #config_ty {
diff --git a/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/tracked_struct.rs b/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/tracked_struct.rs
index f8a49070..99f12b53 100644
--- a/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/tracked_struct.rs
+++ b/components/salsa-2022-macros/src/tracked_struct.rs
@@ -153,18 +153,15 @@ impl TrackedStruct {
     /// The tracked struct's ingredients include both the main tracked struct ingredient along with a
     /// function ingredient for each of the value fields.
     fn tracked_struct_ingredients(&self, config_structs: &[syn::ItemStruct]) -> syn::ItemImpl {
+        use crate::literal;
         let ident = self.id_ident();
         let jar_ty = self.jar_ty();
         let id_field_tys: Vec<&syn::Type> = self.id_fields().map(SalsaField::ty).collect();
         let value_field_indices: Vec<Literal> = self.value_field_indices();
         let tracked_struct_index: Literal = self.tracked_struct_index();
         let config_struct_names = config_structs.iter().map(|s| &s.ident);
-        let debug_name_struct = Literal::string(&self.id_ident().to_string());
-        let debug_name_fields: Vec<_> = self
-            .all_field_names()
-            .into_iter()
-            .map(|ident| Literal::string(&ident.to_string()))
-            .collect();
+        let debug_name_struct = literal(self.id_ident());
+        let debug_name_fields: Vec<_> = self.all_field_names().into_iter().map(literal).collect();
 
         parse_quote! {
             impl salsa::storage::IngredientsFor for #ident {