diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a796f98a..46d90217 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ serde           = "0.7"
 serde_json      = "0.7"
 serde_macros    = { version = "0.7", optional = true }
 tempfile        = "~2.1.3"
-time            = "~0.1.34"
 url             = "~0.5.0"
 log             = "0.3.5"
 env_logger      = "0.3.2"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c0c5ff30..a5b8a978 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ extern crate rpassword;
 extern crate rustc_serialize;
 extern crate serde;
 extern crate serde_json;
-extern crate time;
 extern crate tempfile;
 extern crate url;
 
diff --git a/src/util/mod.rs b/src/util/mod.rs
index 93118714..933e481e 100644
--- a/src/util/mod.rs
+++ b/src/util/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::io;
 use std::ops::{Mul, Rem, Shr};
 use std::fs;
 use std::path::Path;
-use time;
+use std::time::{UNIX_EPOCH, SystemTime};
 
 mod int128;
 mod spotify_id;
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ impl<T, E> IgnoreExt for Result<T, E> {
 }
 
 pub fn now_ms() -> i64 {
-    let ts = time::now_utc().to_timespec();
-    ts.sec * 1000 + ts.nsec as i64 / 1000000
+    let dur = match SystemTime::now().duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH) {
+        Ok(dur) => dur,
+        Err(err) => err.duration(),
+    };
+    (dur.as_secs() * 1000 + (dur.subsec_nanos() / 1000_000) as u64) as i64
 }
 
 pub fn mkdir_existing(path: &Path) -> io::Result<()> {