diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 72c163e4d86..fd372304603 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ 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)",
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ 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)",
  "ethereum-types 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "journaldb 0.1.0",
 ]
@@ -1943,7 +1943,6 @@ name = "parity"
 version = "1.11.0"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term 0.10.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "app_dirs 1.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "atty 0.2.8 (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)",
@@ -3766,7 +3765,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum adler32 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6cbd0b9af8587c72beadc9f72d35b9fbb070982c9e6203e46e93f10df25f8f45"
 "checksum aho-corasick 0.6.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d6531d44de723825aa81398a6415283229725a00fa30713812ab9323faa82fc4"
 "checksum ansi_term 0.10.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6b3568b48b7cefa6b8ce125f9bb4989e52fbcc29ebea88df04cc7c5f12f70455"
-"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 0.4.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a1e964f9e24d588183fcb43503abda40d288c8657dfc27311516ce2f05675aef"
 "checksum aster 0.41.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4ccfdf7355d9db158df68f976ed030ab0f6578af811f5a7bb6dcf221ec24e0e0"
 "checksum atty 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "af80143d6f7608d746df1520709e5d141c96f240b0e62b0aa41bdfb53374d9d4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9daf4fb5586..4237bf545ff 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ toml = "0.4"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"
-app_dirs = "1.2.1"
 futures = "0.1"
 futures-cpupool = "0.1"
 fdlimit = "0.1"
diff --git a/parity/main.rs b/parity/main.rs
index 24b53ae2c92..705cf777e7b 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 5963833a7ef..e1a13401a25 100644
--- a/util/dir/Cargo.toml
+++ b/util/dir/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
 [dependencies]
 ethereum-types = "0.3"
 journaldb = { path = "../journaldb" }
-app_dirs = "1.2.1"
+app_dirs = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/app-dirs-rs" }