diff --git a/ipc/codegen/Cargo.toml b/ipc/codegen/Cargo.toml
index e07aa9bf2..5ce5122bb 100644
--- a/ipc/codegen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ipc/codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,4 +24,3 @@ quasi = { version = "*", default-features = false }
 quasi_macros = { version = "*", optional = true }
 syntex = { version = "*", optional = true }
 syntex_syntax = { version = "*", optional = true }
-"ethcore-ipc" = { path = "../rpc"}
diff --git a/ipc/codegen/src/lib.rs b/ipc/codegen/src/lib.rs
index c256ec7c2..a29678df0 100644
--- a/ipc/codegen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ipc/codegen/src/lib.rs
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ extern crate syntax;
 #[cfg(not(feature = "with-syntex"))]
 extern crate rustc_plugin;
 
-extern crate ethcore_ipc as ipc;
-
 #[cfg(not(feature = "with-syntex"))]
 use syntax::feature_gate::AttributeType;