diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0b33e18..398cd5c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,12 +7,6 @@
     "dvcsimport": "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-peerstore"
   },
   "gxDependencies": [
-    {
-      "author": "whyrusleeping",
-      "hash": "QmWbjfz3u6HkAdPh34dgPchGbQjob6LXLhAeCGii2TX69n",
-      "name": "go-ipfs-util",
-      "version": "1.2.4"
-    },
     {
       "author": "whyrusleeping",
       "hash": "QmSpJByNKFX1sCsHBEp3R73FL4NF6FnQTEGyNAXHm2GS52",
diff --git a/queue/queue_test.go b/queue/queue_test.go
index cd3c80d..e30794b 100644
--- a/queue/queue_test.go
+++ b/queue/queue_test.go
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
-	u "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util"
 	peer "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-peer"
+	mh "github.com/multiformats/go-multihash"
 )
 
 func TestQueue(t *testing.T) {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func TestQueue(t *testing.T) {
 
 func newPeerTime(t time.Time) peer.ID {
 	s := fmt.Sprintf("hmmm time: %v", t)
-	h := u.Hash([]byte(s))
+	h, _ := mh.Sum([]byte(s), mh.SHA2_256, -1)
 	return peer.ID(h)
 }
 
diff --git a/test/utils.go b/test/utils.go
index 6c4f0be..fc141b0 100644
--- a/test/utils.go
+++ b/test/utils.go
@@ -2,25 +2,35 @@ package testutil
 
 import (
 	"io"
+	"math/rand"
+	"time"
 
-	u "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util"
 	ci "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-crypto"
 	peer "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-peer"
+	mh "github.com/multiformats/go-multihash"
 )
 
+func timeSeededRand() io.Reader {
+	return rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
+}
+
 func RandPeerID() (peer.ID, error) {
 	buf := make([]byte, 16)
-	if _, err := io.ReadFull(u.NewTimeSeededRand(), buf); err != nil {
+	if _, err := io.ReadFull(timeSeededRand(), buf); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	h := u.Hash(buf)
+	h, err := mh.Sum(buf, mh.SHA2_256, -1)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
 	return peer.ID(h), nil
 }
 
 func RandTestKeyPair(bits int) (ci.PrivKey, ci.PubKey, error) {
-	return ci.GenerateKeyPairWithReader(ci.RSA, bits, u.NewTimeSeededRand())
+	return ci.GenerateKeyPairWithReader(ci.RSA, bits, timeSeededRand())
 }
 
 func SeededTestKeyPair(seed int64) (ci.PrivKey, ci.PubKey, error) {
-	return ci.GenerateKeyPairWithReader(ci.RSA, 512, u.NewSeededRand(seed))
+	return ci.GenerateKeyPairWithReader(ci.RSA, 512, rand.New(rand.NewSource(seed)))
 }