diff --git a/include/fmt/structured.h b/include/fmt/structured.h
index 3c469563..26186563 100644
--- a/include/fmt/structured.h
+++ b/include/fmt/structured.h
@@ -31,46 +31,21 @@ template <typename T> struct NamedField {
 
 template <typename T> struct Extended { const T& value; };
 
-// fixme: Would probably be better to visit all name field elements directly in
-//  the Extended formatter instead of relying on user space specialization
-//  mechanism
-/**
- * Format a field name/value pair as ".{name}={value}"
- * @tparam T
- */
-template <typename T> struct fmt::formatter<NamedField<T>> {
-  template <typename FormatContext>
-  auto format(NamedField<T> const& t, FormatContext& ctx) {
-    *ctx.out()++ = '.';
-    std::copy(t.name.begin(), t.name.end(), ctx.out());
-    *ctx.out()++ = '=';
-    if constexpr (reflection<T>::available) {
-      return fmt::formatter<Extended<T>>{}.format(t.value, ctx);
-    } else {
-      return fmt::formatter<T>{}.format(t.value, ctx);
-    }
-  }
-};
-
 /**
  * Formats objects as they would be written using designated initializers.
  *
- * E.g. {:e} will output Outer{.a=1, b=2, .inner=Inner{.x=3, .y=4, .z=5}}
+ * E.g. it will output "Outer{.a=1, b=2, .inner=Inner{.x=3, .y=4, .z=5}}"
  *
- * @tparam T The object to format.
  * @tparam C The character type used.
  */
-// fixme remove T template parameter
-template <typename T, typename C>
-struct fmt::formatter<Extended<T>, C,
-                      std::enable_if_t<reflection<T>::available, void>> {
+template <typename C> struct CStyleFormatter {
   template <typename ParseContext> constexpr auto parse(ParseContext& ctx) {
     auto it = ctx.begin();
     if (*it != '}') throw format_error("configuration not yet supported");
     return it;
   }
 
-  template <typename FormatContext>
+  template <typename T, typename FormatContext>
   auto format(T const& t, FormatContext& ctx) {
     std::string name = reflection<T>::name();
 
@@ -83,22 +58,43 @@ struct fmt::formatter<Extended<T>, C,
   }
 };
 
-// fixme remove this class and merge it with the fallback formatter in detail
-// namespace
+// fixme: Would probably be better to visit all name field elements directly in
+//  the Extended formatter instead of relying on user space specialization
+//  mechanism. That also will allow to reuse a configuration of the formatter
+//  for nested structures.
+/**
+ * Format a field name/value pair as ".{name}={value}"
+ * @tparam T
+ */
 template <typename T, typename Char>
-struct fmt::formatter<T, Char,
-                      std::enable_if_t<reflection<T>::available, void>> {
-  using extended = fmt::formatter<Extended<T>>;
+struct fmt::formatter<NamedField<T>, Char> {
+  template <typename FormatContext>
+  auto format(NamedField<T> const& t, FormatContext& ctx) {
+    *ctx.out()++ = '.';
+    std::copy(t.name.begin(), t.name.end(), ctx.out());
+    *ctx.out()++ = '=';
+    if constexpr (reflection<T>::available) {
+      return CStyleFormatter<Char>{}.format(t.value, ctx);
+    } else {
+      return fmt::formatter<T>{}.format(t.value, ctx);
+    }
+  }
+};
 
-  template <typename ParseContext> constexpr auto parse(ParseContext& ctx) {
-    // Parse the presentation format and store it in the formatter:
+namespace detail {
+/**
+ * Select a formatter matching the style requested in the format string.
+ */
+template <typename T, typename Char>
+struct fallback_formatter<T, Char, enable_if_t<reflection<T>::available>> {
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR auto parse(basic_format_parse_context<Char>& ctx)
+      -> decltype(ctx.begin()) {
     auto it = ctx.begin(), end = ctx.end();
-    if (*(it++) != 'e') {
+    if (*(it++) != 'e') {  // fixme: e for extended.. rather arbitrary choice...
       throw format_error("invalid format");
     }
-    _extended = extended{};
     ctx.advance_to(it);
-    _extended.parse(ctx);
+    it = CStyleFormatter<Char>{}.parse(ctx);
 
     // Check if reached the end of the range:
     if (it != end && *it != '}') {
@@ -109,34 +105,9 @@ struct fmt::formatter<T, Char,
     return it;
   }
 
-  template <typename FormatContext>
-  auto format(T const& t, FormatContext& ctx) {
-    return _extended.format(t, ctx);
-  }
-
- private:
-  extended _extended;
-};
-
-namespace detail {
-template <typename T, typename Char>
-struct fallback_formatter<T, Char, enable_if_t<reflection<T>::available>> {
-  using extended = fmt::formatter<Extended<T>>;
-
-  FMT_CONSTEXPR auto parse(basic_format_parse_context<Char>& ctx)
-      -> decltype(ctx.begin()) {
-    auto it = formatter<basic_string_view<Char>, Char>::parse(ctx);
-    // fixme: not sure what to return, if the closing '}' remains (like required
-    // for formatter specialization)
-    //        some internals will throw from ErrorHandler::on_error("invalid
-    //        type specifier");
-    ctx.advance_to(it++);  // fixme: also not sure
-    return it;
-  }
-
   template <typename FormatContext>
   auto format(const T& value, FormatContext& ctx) {
-    return extended{}.format(value, ctx);
+    return CStyleFormatter<Char>{}.format(value, ctx);
   }
 };
 }  // namespace detail