diff --git a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
index 1689c734e..bb1cf397a 100644
--- a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ version = "0.0.1"
 authors = []
 
 [dependencies]
-libc = "*"
-winapi = "*"
+libc = { git = "https://github.com/rust-lang/libc.git" }
 getopts = "*"
 data-encoding = "^1.1"
 
diff --git a/src/uucore/lib.rs b/src/uucore/lib.rs
index f3cd5bebc..bbe7bb713 100644
--- a/src/uucore/lib.rs
+++ b/src/uucore/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-extern crate libc;
-#[cfg(windows)] extern crate winapi;
+pub extern crate libc;
 
 #[macro_use]
 mod macros;