diff --git a/derive/src/lib.rs b/derive/src/lib.rs
index 083b9f50..2653a0cf 100644
--- a/derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ fn clean_type_string(input: &str) -> String {
         .replace("< ", "<")
         .replace(" >", ">")
         .replace("& \'", "&'")
+        .replace("&\'", "&'")
 }
 
 fn generate_composite_type(data_struct: &DataStruct, scale_info: &Ident) -> TokenStream2 {
diff --git a/src/impls.rs b/src/impls.rs
index 82ff2530..a0b1326e 100644
--- a/src/impls.rs
+++ b/src/impls.rs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ impl<T> TypeInfo for VecDeque<T>
 where
     T: TypeInfo + 'static,
 {
-    type Identity = Vec<T>;
+    type Identity = [T];
 
     fn type_info() -> Type {
         Self::Identity::type_info()
diff --git a/test_suite/tests/json.rs b/test_suite/tests/json.rs
index 60dd8959..ca047cce 100644
--- a/test_suite/tests/json.rs
+++ b/test_suite/tests/json.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 use scale_info::prelude::{
     boxed::Box,
+    collections::VecDeque,
     marker::PhantomData,
     string::String,
     vec,
@@ -65,6 +66,29 @@ fn test_primitives() {
     assert_json_for_type::<i128>(json!({ "def": { "primitive": "i128" } }));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_sequences_have_same_type() {
+    #[derive(TypeInfo)]
+    struct Struct {
+        a: &'static [u8],
+        b: Vec<u8>,
+        c: VecDeque<u8>,
+    }
+
+    assert_json_for_type::<Struct>(json!({
+        "path": ["json", "Struct"],
+        "def": {
+            "composite": {
+                "fields": [
+                    { "name": "a", "type": 0, "typeName": "&'static[u8]" },
+                    { "name": "b", "type": 0, "typeName": "Vec<u8>" },
+                    { "name": "c", "type": 0, "typeName": "VecDeque<u8>" },
+                ],
+            },
+        }
+    }));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_builtins() {
     // arrays