diff --git a/src/ctor.rs b/src/ctor.rs
index a43ef929a..9ad5351ff 100644
--- a/src/ctor.rs
+++ b/src/ctor.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@ use crate::{Accounts, Sysvar};
 use solana_program::account_info::AccountInfo;
 use solana_program::sysvar::rent::Rent;
 
-// Needed for the `Accounts` macro.
-use crate as anchor_lang;
-
 // The Ctor accounts that can be used to create any account within the program
 // itself (instead of creating the account on the client).
 //
diff --git a/src/idl.rs b/src/idl.rs
index 407e545ed..759cafcf7 100644
--- a/src/idl.rs
+++ b/src/idl.rs
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use solana_program::pubkey::Pubkey;
 
-// Needed for the `Accounts` macro.
-use crate as anchor_lang;
-
 // The first 8 bytes of an instruction to create or modify the IDL account. This
 // instruction is defined outside the main program's instruction enum, so that
 // the enum variant tags can align with function source order.
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index eb50ff0ee..95d57927e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 //!
 //! Presented here are the Rust primitives for building on Solana.
 
+extern crate self as anchor_lang;
+
 use solana_program::account_info::AccountInfo;
 use solana_program::instruction::AccountMeta;
 use solana_program::program_error::ProgramError;