diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4aeda5a1f7b..59e22880f96 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 [[package]]
 name = "app_dirs"
 version = "1.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+source = "git+https://github.com/paritytech/app-dirs-rs#0b37f9481ce29e9d5174ad185bca695b206368eb"
 dependencies = [
  "ole32-sys 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "shell32-sys 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 name = "dir"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "app_dirs 1.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "app_dirs 1.2.1 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/app-dirs-rs)",
  "ethcore-bigint 0.2.1",
  "journaldb 0.1.0",
 ]
@@ -1979,7 +1979,6 @@ name = "parity"
 version = "1.9.6"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "app_dirs 1.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "clap 2.29.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ctrlc 1.1.1 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-ctrlc.git)",
  "daemonize 0.2.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -3696,7 +3695,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum aho-corasick 0.6.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "500909c4f87a9e52355b26626d890833e9e1d53ac566db76c36faa984b889699"
 "checksum ansi_term 0.10.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6b3568b48b7cefa6b8ce125f9bb4989e52fbcc29ebea88df04cc7c5f12f70455"
 "checksum ansi_term 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "23ac7c30002a5accbf7e8987d0632fa6de155b7c3d39d0067317a391e00a2ef6"
-"checksum app_dirs 1.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e73a24bad9bd6a94d6395382a6c69fe071708ae4409f763c5475e14ee896313d"
+"checksum app_dirs 1.2.1 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/app-dirs-rs)" = "<none>"
 "checksum arrayvec 0.4.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1c0250693b17316353df525fb088da32a8c18f84eb65d113dde31f5a76ed17b6"
 "checksum aster 0.41.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4ccfdf7355d9db158df68f976ed030ab0f6578af811f5a7bb6dcf221ec24e0e0"
 "checksum atty 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d912da0db7fa85514874458ca3651fe2cddace8d0b0505571dbdcd41ab490159"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 927b5bdd96c..63ed4ce0f38 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ toml = "0.4"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
-app_dirs = "1.1.1"
 futures = "0.1"
 futures-cpupool = "0.1"
 fdlimit = "0.1"
diff --git a/parity/main.rs b/parity/main.rs
index 54c56ff8dda..f8d413839d7 100644
--- a/parity/main.rs
+++ b/parity/main.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #![warn(missing_docs)]
 
 extern crate ansi_term;
-extern crate app_dirs;
 extern crate ctrlc;
 extern crate docopt;
 #[macro_use]
diff --git a/util/dir/Cargo.toml b/util/dir/Cargo.toml
index ee6dc638add..eaeeb46bef2 100644
--- a/util/dir/Cargo.toml
+++ b/util/dir/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 [dependencies]
 ethcore-bigint = { path = "../bigint" }
 journaldb = { path = "../journaldb" }
-app_dirs = "1.1.1"
+app_dirs = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/app-dirs-rs" }