diff --git a/rpc/Cargo.toml b/rpc/Cargo.toml
index ee1c97f5f..60b29c5d4 100644
--- a/rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ serde_json = "0.6.0"
 jsonrpc-core = "1.1"
 jsonrpc-http-server = "1.1"
 ethcore-util = { path = "../util" }
-ethcore = { path = ".." }
+ethcore = { path = "../ethcore" }
+ethsync = { path = "../sync" }
 clippy = "0.0.37"
 
diff --git a/rpc/src/lib.rs b/rpc/src/lib.rs
index a27afb5f6..fa24694f4 100644
--- a/rpc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ extern crate jsonrpc_core;
 extern crate jsonrpc_http_server;
 extern crate ethcore_util as util;
 extern crate ethcore;
+extern crate ethsync;
 
 use self::jsonrpc_core::{IoHandler, IoDelegate};
 
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/impls/net.rs b/rpc/src/v1/impls/net.rs
index dff351c33..fe4f22f63 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/impls/net.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/impls/net.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Net rpc implementation.
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use jsonrpc_core::*;
-use ethcore::sync::EthSync;
+use ethsync::EthSync;
 use v1::traits::Net;
 
 /// Net rpc implementation.