diff --git a/src/rust/src/backend/mod.rs b/src/rust/src/backend/mod.rs
index 3cbf2e3b99b6..a447565d7229 100644
--- a/src/rust/src/backend/mod.rs
+++ b/src/rust/src/backend/mod.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 // 2.0, and the BSD License. See the LICENSE file in the root of this repository
 // for complete details.
 
-use pyo3::types::PyModuleMethods;
-
 pub(crate) mod aead;
 pub(crate) mod cipher_registry;
 pub(crate) mod ciphers;
@@ -24,9 +22,3 @@ pub(crate) mod utils;
 pub(crate) mod x25519;
 #[cfg(all(not(CRYPTOGRAPHY_IS_LIBRESSL), not(CRYPTOGRAPHY_IS_BORINGSSL)))]
 pub(crate) mod x448;
-
-pub(crate) fn add_to_module(module: &pyo3::Bound<'_, pyo3::types::PyModule>) -> pyo3::PyResult<()> {
-    module.add_submodule(&rsa::create_module(module.py())?)?;
-
-    Ok(())
-}
diff --git a/src/rust/src/backend/rsa.rs b/src/rust/src/backend/rsa.rs
index 6636ab695a7c..3c01e74219fb 100644
--- a/src/rust/src/backend/rsa.rs
+++ b/src/rust/src/backend/rsa.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::backend::{hashes, utils};
 use crate::buf::CffiBuf;
 use crate::error::{CryptographyError, CryptographyResult};
 use crate::{exceptions, types};
-use pyo3::types::{PyAnyMethods, PyModuleMethods};
+use pyo3::types::PyAnyMethods;
 
 #[pyo3::pyclass(
     frozen,
@@ -814,16 +814,10 @@ impl RsaPublicNumbers {
     }
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn create_module(
-    py: pyo3::Python<'_>,
-) -> pyo3::PyResult<pyo3::Bound<'_, pyo3::types::PyModule>> {
-    let m = pyo3::types::PyModule::new_bound(py, "rsa")?;
-    m.add_function(pyo3::wrap_pyfunction_bound!(generate_private_key, &m)?)?;
-
-    m.add_class::<RsaPrivateKey>()?;
-    m.add_class::<RsaPublicKey>()?;
-    m.add_class::<RsaPrivateNumbers>()?;
-    m.add_class::<RsaPublicNumbers>()?;
-
-    Ok(m)
+#[pyo3::pymodule]
+pub(crate) mod rsa {
+    #[pymodule_export]
+    use super::{
+        generate_private_key, RsaPrivateKey, RsaPrivateNumbers, RsaPublicKey, RsaPublicNumbers,
+    };
 }
diff --git a/src/rust/src/lib.rs b/src/rust/src/lib.rs
index 766c9ed0d8e9..653df62705b9 100644
--- a/src/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ mod _rust {
         #[pymodule_export]
         use crate::backend::poly1305::poly1305;
         #[pymodule_export]
+        use crate::backend::rsa::rsa;
+        #[pymodule_export]
         use crate::backend::x25519::x25519;
         #[cfg(all(not(CRYPTOGRAPHY_IS_LIBRESSL), not(CRYPTOGRAPHY_IS_BORINGSSL)))]
         #[pymodule_export]
@@ -219,8 +221,6 @@ mod _rust {
                 }
             }
 
-            crate::backend::add_to_module(openssl_mod)?;
-
             Ok(())
         }
     }