diff --git a/docs/source/supported-types.rst b/docs/source/supported-types.rst
index 1eb6b93f..1903a540 100644
--- a/docs/source/supported-types.rst
+++ b/docs/source/supported-types.rst
@@ -519,41 +519,25 @@ The format may be selected by passing it to ``uuid_format`` when creating an
   128-bit integer representation (same as ``uuid.bytes``). This is only supported
   by the MessagePack encoder.
 
-When decoding, both ``canonical`` and ``hex`` formats are supported by all
-protocols.
+When decoding, any of the above formats are accepted.
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
     >>> enc = msgspec.json.Encoder(uuid_format="hex")
 
-    >>> enc.encode(u)
-    b'"c4524ac0e81e4aa8a5950aec605a659a"'
+    >>> uuid_hex = enc.encode(u)
 
-    >>> u.hex
-    "c4524ac0e81e4aa8a5950aec605a659a"
+    >>> uuid_hex
+    b'"c4524ac0e81e4aa8a5950aec605a659a"'
 
-    >>> msgspec.json.decode(b'"c4524ac0e81e4aa8a5950aec605a659a"', type=uuid.UUID)
+    >>> msgspec.json.decode(uuid_hex, type=uuid.UUID)
     UUID('c4524ac0-e81e-4aa8-a595-0aec605a659a')
 
-Additionally, if ``strict=False`` is specified, the ``bytes`` format may be
-decoded by the MessagePack decoder. See :ref:`strict-vs-lax` for more
-information.
-
-.. code-block:: python
-
     >>> enc = msgspec.msgpack.Encoder(uuid_format="bytes")
 
-    >>> msg = enc.encode(u)
-
-    >>> msg
-    b'\xc4\x10\xc4RJ\xc0\xe8\x1eJ\xa8\xa5\x95\n\xec`Ze\x9a'
-
-    >>> msgspec.msgpack.decode(msg, type=uuid.UUID)
-    Traceback (most recent call last):
-      File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
-    msgspec.ValidationError: Expected `uuid`, got `bytes`
+    >>> uuid_bytes = enc.encode(u)
 
-    >>> msgspec.msgpack.decode(msg, type=uuid.UUID, strict=False)
+    >>> msgspec.msgpack.decode(uuid_bytes, type=uuid.UUID)
     UUID('c4524ac0-e81e-4aa8-a595-0aec605a659a')
 
 
diff --git a/msgspec/_core.c b/msgspec/_core.c
index 2d46c836..e6223767 100644
--- a/msgspec/_core.c
+++ b/msgspec/_core.c
@@ -13585,7 +13585,7 @@ mpack_decode_bin(
     else if (type->types & MS_TYPE_BYTEARRAY) {
         return PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize(s, size);
     }
-    else if (!self->strict && (type->types & MS_TYPE_UUID)) {
+    else if (type->types & MS_TYPE_UUID) {
         return ms_decode_uuid_from_bytes(s, size, path);
     }
 
@@ -18992,7 +18992,10 @@ convert_bytes(
         }
         return PyByteArray_FromObject(obj);
     }
-    if (!self->strict && (type->types & MS_TYPE_UUID)) {
+    if (
+            (type->types & MS_TYPE_UUID) &&
+            !(self->builtin_types & MS_BUILTIN_UUID)
+    ) {
         return ms_decode_uuid_from_bytes(
             PyBytes_AS_STRING(obj), PyBytes_GET_SIZE(obj), path
         );
@@ -19014,7 +19017,10 @@ convert_bytearray(
         }
         return PyBytes_FromObject(obj);
     }
-    if (!self->strict && (type->types & MS_TYPE_UUID)) {
+    if (
+            (type->types & MS_TYPE_UUID) &&
+            !(self->builtin_types & MS_BUILTIN_UUID)
+    ) {
         return ms_decode_uuid_from_bytes(
             PyByteArray_AS_STRING(obj), PyByteArray_GET_SIZE(obj), path
         );
diff --git a/tests/test_common.py b/tests/test_common.py
index 4dfec13e..e20e8a6d 100644
--- a/tests/test_common.py
+++ b/tests/test_common.py
@@ -3402,20 +3402,15 @@ def test_decode_uuid(self, proto, upper, hyphens):
         assert res == u
         assert res.is_safe == u.is_safe
 
-    def test_decode_uuid_from_bytes_lax(self):
+    def test_decode_uuid_from_bytes(self):
         sol = uuid.uuid4()
         msg = msgspec.msgpack.encode(sol.bytes)
-        res = msgspec.msgpack.decode(msg, type=uuid.UUID, strict=False)
+        res = msgspec.msgpack.decode(msg, type=uuid.UUID)
         assert res == sol
 
         bad_msg = msgspec.msgpack.encode(b"x" * 8)
         with pytest.raises(msgspec.ValidationError, match="Invalid UUID bytes"):
-            msgspec.msgpack.decode(bad_msg, type=uuid.UUID, strict=False)
-
-        with pytest.raises(
-            msgspec.ValidationError, match="Expected `uuid`, got `bytes`"
-        ):
-            msgspec.msgpack.decode(msg, type=uuid.UUID)
+            msgspec.msgpack.decode(bad_msg, type=uuid.UUID)
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "uuid_str",
diff --git a/tests/test_convert.py b/tests/test_convert.py
index edc51ded..bf50422f 100644
--- a/tests/test_convert.py
+++ b/tests/test_convert.py
@@ -704,10 +704,26 @@ def test_uuid_str(self):
         res = convert(str(sol), uuid.UUID)
         assert res == sol
 
-    def test_uuid_str_disabled(self):
-        msg = str(uuid.uuid4())
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("input_type", [bytes, bytearray])
+    def test_uuid_bytes(self, input_type):
+        sol = uuid.uuid4()
+        msg = input_type(sol.bytes)
+        res = convert(msg, uuid.UUID)
+        assert res == sol
+
+        bad_msg = input_type(b"x" * 8)
+        with pytest.raises(msgspec.ValidationError, match="Invalid UUID bytes"):
+            convert(bad_msg, type=uuid.UUID)
+
+    def test_uuid_disabled(self):
+        u = uuid.uuid4()
+
         with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="Expected `uuid`, got `str`"):
-            convert(msg, uuid.UUID, builtin_types=(uuid.UUID,))
+            convert(str(u), uuid.UUID, builtin_types=(uuid.UUID,))
+
+        for typ in [bytes, bytearray]:
+            with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="Expected `uuid`, got `bytes`"):
+                convert(typ(u.bytes), uuid.UUID, builtin_types=(uuid.UUID,))
 
 
 class TestDecimal:
@@ -2348,20 +2364,6 @@ def test_lax_timedelta_invalid_numeric_str(self):
             with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="Invalid"):
                 convert(msg, type=datetime.timedelta, strict=False)
 
-    @pytest.mark.parametrize("input_type", [bytes, bytearray])
-    def test_lax_uuid(self, input_type):
-        sol = uuid.uuid4()
-        msg = input_type(sol.bytes)
-        res = convert(msg, uuid.UUID, strict=False)
-        assert res == sol
-
-        bad_msg = input_type(b"x" * 8)
-        with pytest.raises(msgspec.ValidationError, match="Invalid UUID bytes"):
-            convert(bad_msg, type=uuid.UUID, strict=False)
-
-        with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match="Expected `uuid`, got `bytes`"):
-            convert(msg, uuid.UUID)
-
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "msg, sol",
         [