diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index becfdbe..d5fe1a2 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ version = "0.8.0"
 AbstractMCMC = "80f14c24-f653-4e6a-9b94-39d6b0f70001"
 Accessors = "7d9f7c33-5ae7-4f3b-8dc6-eff91059b697"
 DensityInterface = "b429d917-457f-4dbc-8f4c-0cc954292b1d"
-MacroTools = "1914dd2f-81c6-5fcd-8719-6d5c9610ff09"
 Random = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"
 
 [compat]
diff --git a/src/varname.jl b/src/varname.jl
index a3ca1dc..adcd568 100644
--- a/src/varname.jl
+++ b/src/varname.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using Accessors
 using Accessors: ComposedOptic, PropertyLens, IndexLens, DynamicIndexLens
-using MacroTools
 
 const ALLOWED_OPTICS = Union{typeof(identity),PropertyLens,IndexLens,ComposedOptic}
 
@@ -671,30 +670,13 @@ function _parse_obj_optic(ex)
     obj, optic
 end
 
-# Accessors doesn't have the same support for interpolation, so copy and modify Setfield's parsing functions
-is_interpolation(x) = x isa Expr && x.head == :$
-
-function _parse_obj_optics_composite(lensexprs::Vector)
-    if isempty(lensexprs)
-        return esc(:_), ()
-    else
-        obj, outermostlens = _parse_obj_optics(lensexprs[1])
-        innerlenses = map(lensexprs[2:end]) do innerex
-            o, lens = _parse_obj_optics(innerex)
-            @assert o == esc(:_)
-            lens
-        end
-        return obj, (outermostlens, innerlenses...)
-    end
-end
-
+# Accessors doesn't have the same support for interpolation
+# so this function is copied and altered from `Setfield._parse_obj_lens`
 function _parse_obj_optics(ex)
-    if @capture(ex, ∘(opticsexprs__))
-        return _parse_obj_optics_composite(opticsexprs)
-    elseif is_interpolation(ex)
-        @assert length(ex.args) == 1
+    if Meta.isexpr(ex, :$, 1)
         return esc(:_), (esc(ex.args[1]),)
-    elseif @capture(ex, front_[indices__])
+    elseif Meta.isexpr(ex, :ref) && !isempty(ex.args)
+        front, indices... = ex.args
         obj, frontoptics = _parse_obj_optics(front)
         if any(Accessors.need_dynamic_optic, indices)
             @gensym collection
@@ -706,11 +688,13 @@ function _parse_obj_optics(ex)
             index = esc(Expr(:tuple, indices...))
             optics = :($(Accessors.IndexLens)($index))
         end
-    elseif @capture(ex, front_.property_)
+    elseif Meta.isexpr(ex, :., 2)
+        front = ex.args[1]
+        property = ex.args[2].value # ex.args[2] is a QuoteNode
         obj, frontoptics = _parse_obj_optics(front)
         if property isa Union{Symbol,String}
             optics = :($(Accessors.PropertyLens){$(QuoteNode(property))}())
-        elseif is_interpolation(property)
+        elseif Meta.isexpr(property, :$, 1)
             optics = :($(Accessors.PropertyLens){$(esc(property.args[1]))}())
         else
             throw(ArgumentError(
diff --git a/test/varname.jl b/test/varname.jl
index d5cb4f7..b117f0e 100644
--- a/test/varname.jl
+++ b/test/varname.jl
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ end
         @test collect(get(B, @varname(B[1, :], true))) == collect(get(B, @varname(B[1, -4:5])))
 
     end
-
     @testset "type stability" begin
         @inferred VarName{:a}()
         @inferred VarName{:a}(IndexLens(1))