diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 51ee483..6419ceb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ rustc-serialize = "0.3"
 secp256k1 = "0.5"
 serde = "0.6"
 strason = "0.3"
-time = "0.1"
 
 [dependencies.jsonrpc]
 version = "0.7" # for serde macros
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 509aca2..d1b9df2 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ extern crate secp256k1;
 extern crate serde;
 extern crate strason;
 #[cfg(all(test, feature = "unstable"))] extern crate test;
-extern crate time;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 #[macro_use]
diff --git a/src/network/socket.rs b/src/network/socket.rs
index 6657cad..a012666 100644
--- a/src/network/socket.rs
+++ b/src/network/socket.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 //! This module provides support for low-level network communication.
 //!
 
-use time::now;
+use std::time::{UNIX_EPOCH, SystemTime};
 use rand::{thread_rng, Rng};
 use std::io::{self, Write};
 use std::net;
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ impl Socket {
     pub fn version_message(&mut self, start_height: i32) -> Result<NetworkMessage, util::Error> {
         let recv_addr = try!(self.receiver_address());
         let send_addr = try!(self.sender_address());
-        let timestamp = now().to_timespec().sec;
+        let timestamp = match SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH) {
+            Ok(dur) => dur,
+            Err(err) => err.duration(),
+        }.as_secs() as i64;
 
         Ok(Version(VersionMessage {
             version: constants::PROTOCOL_VERSION,