diff --git a/lib/route/src/Obelisk/Route.hs b/lib/route/src/Obelisk/Route.hs
index 5fc17aaae..21f835f69 100644
--- a/lib/route/src/Obelisk/Route.hs
+++ b/lib/route/src/Obelisk/Route.hs
@@ -705,16 +705,18 @@ obeliskRouteEncoder :: forall check parse appRoute.
      )
   => (forall a. appRoute a -> SegmentResult check parse a)
   -> Encoder check parse (R (ObeliskRoute appRoute)) PageName
-obeliskRouteEncoder appRouteSegment = pathComponentEncoder (obeliskRouteSegment appRouteSegment)
+obeliskRouteEncoder appRouteSegment = pathComponentEncoder $ \r ->
+  obeliskRouteSegment r appRouteSegment
 
 -- | From a function which explains how app-specific frontend routes translate into segments, produce a function which does the
 -- same for ObeliskRoute. This uses the given function for the 'ObeliskRoute_App' case, and 'resourceRouteSegment' for the
 -- 'ObeliskRoute_Resource' case.
-obeliskRouteSegment :: forall check parse appRoute.
+obeliskRouteSegment :: forall check parse appRoute a.
      (MonadError Text check, MonadError Text parse)
-  => (forall a. appRoute a -> SegmentResult check parse a)
-  -> (forall a. ObeliskRoute appRoute a -> SegmentResult check parse a)
-obeliskRouteSegment appRouteSegment = \case
+  => ObeliskRoute appRoute a
+  -> (forall a. appRoute a -> SegmentResult check parse a)
+  -> SegmentResult check parse a
+obeliskRouteSegment r appRouteSegment = case r of
   ObeliskRoute_App appRoute -> appRouteSegment appRoute
   ObeliskRoute_Resource resourceRoute -> resourceRouteSegment resourceRoute
 
diff --git a/skeleton/common/src/Common/Route.hs b/skeleton/common/src/Common/Route.hs
index 1dafb83ef..e2ebc4437 100644
--- a/skeleton/common/src/Common/Route.hs
+++ b/skeleton/common/src/Common/Route.hs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import Prelude hiding (id, (.))
 import Control.Category
 -}
 
-import Control.Monad.Except
 import Data.Text (Text)
 import Data.Functor.Identity
 import Data.Functor.Sum
@@ -41,16 +40,13 @@ backendRouteEncoder = handleEncoder (const (InL BackendRoute_Missing :/ ())) $
   pathComponentEncoder $ \case
     InL backendRoute -> case backendRoute of
       BackendRoute_Missing -> PathSegment "missing" $ unitEncoder mempty
-    InR obeliskRoute -> obeliskRouteSegment frontendRouteSegment obeliskRoute
+    InR obeliskRoute -> obeliskRouteSegment obeliskRoute $ \case
+      -- The encoder given to PathEnd determines how to parse query parameters,
+      -- in this example, we have none, so we insist on it.
+      FrontendRoute_Main -> PathEnd $ unitEncoder mempty
 
-frontendRouteSegment :: (Applicative check, MonadError Text parse)
-  => FrontendRoute a -> SegmentResult check parse a
-frontendRouteSegment = \case
-  FrontendRoute_Main -> PathEnd $ unitEncoder mempty 
-  -- The encoder given to PathEnd determines how to parse query parameters,
-  -- in this example, we have none, so we insist on it.
 
 concat <$> mapM deriveRouteComponent
   [ ''BackendRoute
   , ''FrontendRoute
-  ]
\ No newline at end of file
+  ]