diff --git a/Sources/RelaxMacros/APIEndpointMacro.swift b/Sources/RelaxMacros/APIEndpointMacro.swift
index 571004c..729d69e 100644
--- a/Sources/RelaxMacros/APIEndpointMacro.swift
+++ b/Sources/RelaxMacros/APIEndpointMacro.swift
@@ -22,26 +22,20 @@ public struct APIEndpointMacro: ExtensionMacro {
             .arguments?.as(LabeledExprListSyntax.self)?
             .first?.expression.as(StringLiteralExprSyntax.self)?
             .segments.trimmedDescription,
-              !path.isEmpty
+              !(path.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)).isEmpty
         else {
             let error = Diagnostic(node: node, message: RelaxMacroDiagnostic.invalidPath)
             context.diagnose(error)
             return []
         }
+        
         guard let parent = node.attributeName.as(IdentifierTypeSyntax.self)?
             .genericArgumentClause?.as(GenericArgumentClauseSyntax.self)?
             .arguments
             .description else {
-            let fixIt = FixIt.replace(
-                message: RelaxFixItMessage.missingParent,
-                oldNode: Syntax(node),
-                newNode: FixItRewriter().visit(node)
-            )
-            let error = Diagnostic(node: node, message: RelaxMacroDiagnostic.missingParent, fixIt: fixIt)
-            context.diagnose(error)
-
             return []
         }
+        
         let decl: DeclSyntax =
         """
         extension \(type.trimmed): Endpoint {
@@ -49,23 +43,9 @@ public struct APIEndpointMacro: ExtensionMacro {
             static let path: String = \"\(raw: path)\"
         }
         """
+        
         guard let extensionDecl = decl.as(ExtensionDeclSyntax.self) else { return [] }
+        
         return [extensionDecl]
     }
-    
-    final private class FixItRewriter: SyntaxRewriter {
-        override func visitAny(_ node: Syntax) -> Syntax? {
-            guard let attributeName = node.as(IdentifierTypeSyntax.self),
-                  attributeName.genericArgumentClause == nil
-            else { return node }
-            let listSyntax = GenericArgumentListSyntax {
-                GenericArgumentSyntax(argument: TypeSyntax(stringLiteral: "<#APIComponent#>"))
-            }
-            let placeholder = GenericArgumentClauseSyntax(arguments: listSyntax)
-            guard let genericDecl = placeholder.as(GenericArgumentClauseSyntax.self) else { return node }
-            var newAttributeName = attributeName
-            newAttributeName.genericArgumentClause = genericDecl
-            return newAttributeName.as(Syntax.self)
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/RelaxMacros/RelaxMacroDiagnostic.swift b/Sources/RelaxMacros/RelaxMacroDiagnostic.swift
index 8fab725..74e50c6 100644
--- a/Sources/RelaxMacros/RelaxMacroDiagnostic.swift
+++ b/Sources/RelaxMacros/RelaxMacroDiagnostic.swift
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import SwiftDiagnostics
 enum RelaxMacroDiagnostic: String, DiagnosticMessage {
     case invalidBaseURL
     case invalidPath
-    case missingParent
     
     var severity: DiagnosticSeverity { .error }
     
@@ -19,9 +18,7 @@ enum RelaxMacroDiagnostic: String, DiagnosticMessage {
         case .invalidBaseURL:
             "The base URL is invalid."
         case .invalidPath:
-            "The path is invalid."
-        case .missingParent:
-            "The parent APIComponent must be specified as a generic argument."
+            "The path must not be empty."
         }
     }
     
@@ -29,19 +26,3 @@ enum RelaxMacroDiagnostic: String, DiagnosticMessage {
         MessageID(domain: "RelaxMacros", id: rawValue)
     }
 }
-
-enum RelaxFixItMessage: String, FixItMessage {
-    case missingParent
-    var message: String {
-        switch self {
-        case .missingParent:
-            "Add generic argument 'APIComponent'"
-        }
-    }
-    
-    var fixItID: SwiftDiagnostics.MessageID {
-        MessageID(domain: "RelaxMacros", id: rawValue)
-    }
-    
-    
-}
diff --git a/Tests/RelaxMacrosTests/APIEndpointMacroTests.swift b/Tests/RelaxMacrosTests/APIEndpointMacroTests.swift
index 82cd1bf..360e3fe 100644
--- a/Tests/RelaxMacrosTests/APIEndpointMacroTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/RelaxMacrosTests/APIEndpointMacroTests.swift
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ final class APIEndpointMacroTests: XCTestCase {
         #endif
     }
     
-    func testAPIEndpointNoParent() throws {
+    func testAPIEndpointInvalidPath() throws {
         #if canImport(RelaxMacros)
         assertMacroExpansion(
             """
-            @APIEndpoint("path")
+            @APIEndpoint<Parent>("")
             enum TestService {
             }
             """,
@@ -54,28 +54,13 @@ final class APIEndpointMacroTests: XCTestCase {
             enum TestService {
             }
             """,
-            diagnostics: [
-                DiagnosticSpec(
-                    message: RelaxMacroDiagnostic.missingParent.message,
-                    line: 1,
-                    column: 1,
-                    fixIts: [
-                        FixItSpec(message: RelaxFixItMessage.missingParent.message)
-                    ]
-                )
-            ],
+            diagnostics: [.init(message: RelaxMacroDiagnostic.invalidPath.message, line: 1, column: 1)],
             macros: testMacros
         )
-        #else
-        throw XCTSkip("macros are only supported when running tests for the host platform")
-        #endif
-    }
-    
-    func testAPIEndpointInvalidPath() throws {
-        #if canImport(RelaxMacros)
+        
         assertMacroExpansion(
             """
-            @APIEndpoint<Parent>("")
+            @APIEndpoint<Parent>(" ")
             enum TestService {
             }
             """,