diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 69bc55fd1c6..541225633ba 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rust-crypto 0.2.36 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustc-hex 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "semantic_version 0.1.0",
- "snappy 0.1.0",
+ "snappy 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-snappy)",
  "stats 0.1.0",
  "table 0.1.0",
  "time 0.1.38 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -648,7 +648,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ethcore-devtools 1.9.0",
  "ethcore-io 1.9.0",
  "ethcore-logger 1.9.0",
- "ethcore-util 1.9.0",
  "ethcrypto 0.1.0",
  "ethkey 0.3.0",
  "igd 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -665,7 +664,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc-hex 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_json 1.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "slab 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "snappy 0.1.0",
+ "snappy 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-snappy)",
  "tempdir 0.3.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "time 0.1.38 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tiny-keccak 1.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -746,7 +745,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "patricia-trie 0.1.0",
  "rlp 0.2.1",
- "rocksdb 0.4.5 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-rocksdb)",
  "rustc-hex 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustc_version 0.1.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "target_info 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2670,7 +2668,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "rocksdb"
 version = "0.4.5"
-source = "git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-rocksdb#4364caec4dd5da1a1d78c39276774ee65bf55c7d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-rocksdb#a18ef24e2df42816bc4ac7573e02e4311a8e9d64"
 dependencies = [
  "libc 0.2.31 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "local-encoding 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2680,10 +2678,11 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "rocksdb-sys"
 version = "0.3.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-rocksdb#4364caec4dd5da1a1d78c39276774ee65bf55c7d"
+source = "git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-rocksdb#a18ef24e2df42816bc4ac7573e02e4311a8e9d64"
 dependencies = [
  "gcc 0.3.54 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.31 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "snappy-sys 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-snappy)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2970,9 +2969,19 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "snappy"
 version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-snappy#858eac97192ea25d18d3f3626a8cc13ca0b175bb"
 dependencies = [
  "libc 0.2.31 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "rocksdb 0.4.5 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-rocksdb)",
+ "snappy-sys 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-snappy)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "snappy-sys"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-snappy#858eac97192ea25d18d3f3626a8cc13ca0b175bb"
+dependencies = [
+ "gcc 0.3.54 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "libc 0.2.31 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3763,6 +3772,8 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum slab 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "17b4fcaed89ab08ef143da37bc52adbcc04d4a69014f4c1208d6b51f0c47bc23"
 "checksum smallvec 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4c8cbcd6df1e117c2210e13ab5109635ad68a929fcbb8964dc965b76cb5ee013"
 "checksum smallvec 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8fcd03faf178110ab0334d74ca9631d77f94c8c11cc77fcb59538abf0025695d"
+"checksum snappy 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-snappy)" = "<none>"
+"checksum snappy-sys 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-snappy)" = "<none>"
 "checksum spmc 0.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "cd1f11d1fb5fd41834e55ce0b85a186efbf2f2afd9fdb09e2c8d72f9bff1ad1a"
 "checksum stable_deref_trait 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "15132e0e364248108c5e2c02e3ab539be8d6f5d52a01ca9bbf27ed657316f02b"
 "checksum strsim 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b4d15c810519a91cf877e7e36e63fe068815c678181439f2f29e2562147c3694"
diff --git a/ethcore/Cargo.toml b/ethcore/Cargo.toml
index 56f06d1bfa3..8d7301438ba 100644
--- a/ethcore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethcore/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ kvdb = { path = "../util/kvdb" }
 kvdb-rocksdb = { path = "../util/kvdb-rocksdb" }
 kvdb-memorydb = { path = "../util/kvdb-memorydb" }
 util-error = { path = "../util/error" }
-snappy = { path = "../util/snappy" }
+snappy = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/rust-snappy" }
 migration = { path = "../util/migration" }
 macros = { path = "../util/macros" }
 rust-crypto = "0.2.34"
diff --git a/util/Cargo.toml b/util/Cargo.toml
index 65d1c88b424..ed65a8c476c 100644
--- a/util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/util/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ build = "build.rs"
 log = "0.3"
 env_logger = "0.4"
 rustc-hex = "1.0"
-rocksdb = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/rust-rocksdb" }
 eth-secp256k1 = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/rust-secp256k1" }
 elastic-array = "0.9"
 rlp = { path = "rlp" }
diff --git a/util/src/lib.rs b/util/src/lib.rs
index 321c85dd423..a81680c9123 100644
--- a/util/src/lib.rs
+++ b/util/src/lib.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
 //!   ```
 
 extern crate rustc_hex;
-extern crate rocksdb;
 extern crate env_logger;
 extern crate secp256k1;
 extern crate elastic_array;