diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c46c42f..c0ed647 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1376,7 +1376,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_matches",
  "derive_more",
- "lavina-core",
  "lazy_static",
  "quick-xml",
  "regex",
diff --git a/crates/proto-xmpp/Cargo.toml b/crates/proto-xmpp/Cargo.toml
index ec43715..01fec80 100644
--- a/crates/proto-xmpp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/proto-xmpp/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 version.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-lavina-core.workspace = true
 quick-xml.workspace = true
 lazy_static.workspace = true
 regex.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/proto-xmpp/src/stream.rs b/crates/proto-xmpp/src/stream.rs
index 40f5f5b..b336bc8 100644
--- a/crates/proto-xmpp/src/stream.rs
+++ b/crates/proto-xmpp/src/stream.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use quick_xml::events::{BytesEnd, BytesStart, BytesText, Event};
 use quick_xml::name::{Namespace, QName, ResolveResult};
 use quick_xml::{NsReader, Writer};
 use tokio::io::{AsyncBufRead, AsyncWrite};
-use lavina_core::prelude::fail;
 
 use super::skip_text;
 
@@ -29,10 +28,10 @@ impl ClientStreamStart {
         if let Event::Start(e) = incoming {
             let (ns, local) = reader.resolve_element(e.name());
             if ns != ResolveResult::Bound(Namespace(XMLNS.as_bytes())) {
-                return Err(fail("Invalid namespace for stream element"));
+                return Err(anyhow!("Invalid namespace for stream element"));
             }
             if local.into_inner() != b"stream" {
-                return Err(fail("Invalid local name for stream element"));
+                return Err(anyhow!("Invalid local name for stream element"));
             }
             let mut to = None;
             let mut lang = None;
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ impl ClientStreamStart {
                 version: version.unwrap(),
             })
         } else {
-            Err(fail("Incoming message does not belong XML Start Event"))
+            Err(anyhow!("Incoming message does not belong XML Start Event"))
         }
     }
 }