diff --git a/ethcore/src/client/chain_notify.rs b/ethcore/src/client/chain_notify.rs
index f23f3885b..71c076e4c 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/client/chain_notify.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/client/chain_notify.rs
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ pub trait ChainNotify : Send + Sync {
 	}
 }
 
-impl IpcConfig<ChainNotify> for ChainNotify { }
+impl IpcConfig for ChainNotify { }
diff --git a/ethcore/src/client/client.rs b/ethcore/src/client/client.rs
index 3183b0387..0a272e0a8 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/client/client.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/client/client.rs
@@ -1015,4 +1015,4 @@ impl MayPanic for Client {
 	}
 }
 
-impl IpcConfig<BlockChainClient> for BlockChainClient { }
+impl IpcConfig for BlockChainClient { }
diff --git a/ipc/codegen/src/codegen.rs b/ipc/codegen/src/codegen.rs
index e6744ebb3..0849acc0a 100644
--- a/ipc/codegen/src/codegen.rs
+++ b/ipc/codegen/src/codegen.rs
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ fn ty_ident_map(original_ty: &P<Ty>) -> IdentMap {
 	ident_map
 }
 
-/// implements `IpcInterface<C>` for the given class `C`
+/// implements `IpcInterface` for the given class `C`
 fn implement_interface(
 	cx: &ExtCtxt,
 	builder: &aster::AstBuilder,
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ fn implement_interface(
 	};
 
 	let ipc_item = quote_item!(cx,
-		impl $host_generics ::ipc::IpcInterface<$interface_endpoint> for $interface_endpoint $where_clause {
+		impl $host_generics ::ipc::IpcInterface for $interface_endpoint $where_clause {
 			fn dispatch<R>(&self, r: &mut R) -> Vec<u8>
 				where R: ::std::io::Read
 			{
diff --git a/ipc/hypervisor/src/service.rs.in b/ipc/hypervisor/src/service.rs.in
index f11950bdb..7beffe23f 100644
--- a/ipc/hypervisor/src/service.rs.in
+++ b/ipc/hypervisor/src/service.rs.in
@@ -75,4 +75,4 @@ impl HypervisorService {
 	}
 }
 
-impl ::ipc::IpcConfig<HypervisorService> for HypervisorService {}
+impl ::ipc::IpcConfig for HypervisorService {}
diff --git a/ipc/nano/src/lib.rs b/ipc/nano/src/lib.rs
index aaa05555d..5fb2faaa7 100644
--- a/ipc/nano/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ipc/nano/src/lib.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const POLL_TIMEOUT: isize = 100;
 const CLIENT_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT: isize = 2500;
 
 /// Generic worker to handle service (binded) sockets
-pub struct Worker<S: ?Sized> where S: IpcInterface<S> {
+pub struct Worker<S: ?Sized> where S: IpcInterface {
 	service: Arc<S>,
 	sockets: Vec<(Socket, Endpoint)>,
 	polls: Vec<PollFd>,
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ impl<S> GuardedSocket<S> where S: WithSocket<Socket> {
 }
 
 impl<S> Deref for GuardedSocket<S> where S: WithSocket<Socket> {
-    type Target = Arc<S>;
+    type Target = S;
 
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Arc<S> {
+    fn deref(&self) -> &S {
         &self.client
     }
 }
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ pub enum SocketError {
 	RequestLink,
 }
 
-impl<S: ?Sized> Worker<S> where S: IpcInterface<S> {
+impl<S: ?Sized> Worker<S> where S: IpcInterface {
 	/// New worker over specified `service`
 	pub fn new(service: &Arc<S>) -> Worker<S> {
 		Worker::<S> {
diff --git a/ipc/rpc/src/interface.rs b/ipc/rpc/src/interface.rs
index a8d0eba2f..a3c170c2b 100644
--- a/ipc/rpc/src/interface.rs
+++ b/ipc/rpc/src/interface.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub struct Handshake {
 
 /// Allows to configure custom version and custom handshake response for
 /// ipc host
-pub trait IpcConfig<I: ?Sized> {
+pub trait IpcConfig {
 	/// Current service api version
 	/// Should be increased if any of the methods changes signature
 	fn api_version() -> Version {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub enum Error {
 
 /// Allows implementor to be attached to generic worker and dispatch rpc requests
 /// over IPC
-pub trait IpcInterface<I :?Sized> : IpcConfig<I> {
+pub trait IpcInterface : IpcConfig {
 	/// reads the message from io, dispatches the call and returns serialized result
 	fn dispatch<R>(&self, r: &mut R) -> Vec<u8> where R: Read;
 
diff --git a/parity/sync/main.rs b/parity/sync/main.rs
index e91a8e403..c0d3e2031 100644
--- a/parity/sync/main.rs
+++ b/parity/sync/main.rs
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ impl Args {
 	}
 }
 
-fn run_service<T: ?Sized + Send + Sync + 'static>(addr: &str, stop_guard: Arc<AtomicBool>, service: Arc<T>) where T: IpcInterface<T> {
+fn run_service<T: ?Sized + Send + Sync + 'static>(addr: &str, stop_guard: Arc<AtomicBool>, service: Arc<T>) where T: IpcInterface {
 	let socket_url = addr.to_owned();
 	std::thread::spawn(move || {
 		let mut worker = nanoipc::Worker::<T>::new(&service);
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ fn main() {
 	remote_client.handshake().unwrap();
 
 	let stop = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
-	let sync = EthSync::new(sync_config, remote_client.clone(), network_config).unwrap();
+	let sync = EthSync::new(sync_config, remote_client.service().clone(), network_config).unwrap();
 
 	run_service("ipc:///tmp/parity-sync.ipc", stop.clone(), sync.clone() as Arc<SyncProvider>);
 	run_service("ipc:///tmp/parity-manage-net.ipc", stop.clone(), sync.clone() as Arc<ManageNetwork>);
diff --git a/sync/src/api.rs b/sync/src/api.rs
index 4400714a6..79970a913 100644
--- a/sync/src/api.rs
+++ b/sync/src/api.rs
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ impl ChainNotify for EthSync {
 	}
 }
 
-impl IpcConfig<ManageNetwork> for ManageNetwork { }
-impl IpcConfig<SyncProvider> for SyncProvider { }
+impl IpcConfig for ManageNetwork { }
+impl IpcConfig for SyncProvider { }
 
 /// Trait for managing network
 pub trait ManageNetwork : Send + Sync {