diff --git a/crates/cheatcodes/spec/src/vm.rs b/crates/cheatcodes/spec/src/vm.rs
index 9c19196c8209..9be2e5f6f2b9 100644
--- a/crates/cheatcodes/spec/src/vm.rs
+++ b/crates/cheatcodes/spec/src/vm.rs
@@ -2365,3 +2365,8 @@ impl PartialEq for ForgeContext {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[track_caller]
+const fn panic_unknown_safety() -> ! {
+    panic!("cannot determine safety from the group, add a `#[cheatcode(safety = ...)]` attribute")
+}
diff --git a/crates/macros/src/cheatcodes.rs b/crates/macros/src/cheatcodes.rs
index b38186e57732..4fbe6cfa79cd 100644
--- a/crates/macros/src/cheatcodes.rs
+++ b/crates/macros/src/cheatcodes.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use proc_macro2::{Ident, Span, TokenStream};
-use quote::{quote, quote_spanned};
+use quote::quote;
 use syn::{Attribute, Data, DataStruct, DeriveInput, Error, Result};
 
 pub fn derive_cheatcode(input: &DeriveInput) -> Result<TokenStream> {
@@ -42,13 +42,10 @@ fn derive_call(name: &Ident, data: &DataStruct, attrs: &[Attribute]) -> Result<T
     let safety = if let Some(safety) = safety {
         quote!(Safety::#safety)
     } else {
-        let panic = quote_spanned! {name.span()=>
-            panic!("cannot determine safety from the group, add a `#[cheatcode(safety = ...)]` attribute")
-        };
         quote! {
             match Group::#group.safety() {
                 Some(s) => s,
-                None => #panic,
+                None => panic_unknown_safety(),
             }
         }
     };