diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9456324fd..fb1d9ce55 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1991,8 +1991,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "term_size 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "textwrap 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "toml 0.4.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "winapi 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "ws2_32-sys 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winapi 0.3.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ffeb01ef8..5103c2b2b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ app_dirs = "1.2.1"
 futures = "0.1"
 futures-cpupool = "0.1"
 fdlimit = "0.1"
-ws2_32-sys = "0.2"
 ctrlc = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/rust-ctrlc.git" }
 jsonrpc-core = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/jsonrpc.git", branch = "parity-1.11" }
 ethcore = { path = "ethcore" }
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ tempdir = "0.3"
 fake-fetch = { path = "util/fake-fetch" }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-winapi = "0.2"
+winapi = { version = "0.3.4", features = ["winsock2", "winuser", "shellapi"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(not(windows))'.dependencies]
 daemonize = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/daemonize" }
diff --git a/parity/main.rs b/parity/main.rs
index 4908f38d9..0b7c31d95 100644
--- a/parity/main.rs
+++ b/parity/main.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ extern crate parity_dapps;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate pretty_assertions;
 
-#[cfg(windows)] extern crate ws2_32;
 #[cfg(windows)] extern crate winapi;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
@@ -238,7 +237,7 @@ fn global_cleanup() {
 	// The loop is required because of internal refernce counter for winsock dll. We don't know how many crates we use do
 	// initialize it. There's at least 2 now.
 	for _ in 0.. 10 {
-		unsafe { ::ws2_32::WSACleanup(); }
+		unsafe { ::winapi::um::winsock2::WSACleanup(); }
 	}
 }
 
@@ -250,8 +249,8 @@ fn global_init() {
 	// When restarting in the same process this reinits windows sockets.
 	unsafe {
 		const WS_VERSION: u16 = 0x202;
-		let mut wsdata: ::winapi::winsock2::WSADATA = ::std::mem::zeroed();
-		::ws2_32::WSAStartup(WS_VERSION, &mut wsdata);
+		let mut wsdata: ::winapi::um::winsock2::WSADATA = ::std::mem::zeroed();
+		::winapi::um::winsock2::WSAStartup(WS_VERSION, &mut wsdata);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/parity/url.rs b/parity/url.rs
index fd64e46ec..9b8959f01 100644
--- a/parity/url.rs
+++ b/parity/url.rs
@@ -16,34 +16,19 @@
 
 //! Cross-platform open url in default browser
 
-#[cfg(windows)]
-mod shell {
-	extern crate winapi;
-
-	use self::winapi::*;
-	extern "system" {
-		pub fn ShellExecuteA(
-			hwnd: HWND, lpOperation: LPCSTR, lpFile: LPCSTR, lpParameters: LPCSTR, lpDirectory: LPCSTR,
-			nShowCmd: c_int
-		) -> HINSTANCE;
-	}
-
-	pub use self::winapi::SW_SHOWNORMAL as Normal;
-}
-
 #[cfg(windows)]
 pub fn open(url: &str) {
 	use std::ffi::CString;
 	use std::ptr;
+	use winapi::um::shellapi::ShellExecuteA;
+	use winapi::um::winuser::SW_SHOWNORMAL as Normal;
 
-	unsafe {
-		shell::ShellExecuteA(ptr::null_mut(),
-			CString::new("open").unwrap().as_ptr(),
-			CString::new(url.to_owned().replace("\n", "%0A")).unwrap().as_ptr(),
-			ptr::null(),
-			ptr::null(),
-			shell::Normal);
-	}
+	ShellExecuteA(ptr::null_mut(),
+		CString::new("open").unwrap().as_ptr(),
+		CString::new(url.to_owned().replace("\n", "%0A")).unwrap().as_ptr(),
+		ptr::null(),
+		ptr::null(),
+		Normal);
 }
 
 #[cfg(any(target_os="macos", target_os="freebsd"))]