diff --git a/src/bigint.rs b/src/bigint.rs
index 6c88d09..5059455 100644
--- a/src/bigint.rs
+++ b/src/bigint.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 //! # }
 //! ```
 
-extern crate "rustc-serialize" as rustc_serialize;
+extern crate rustc_serialize;
 
 use Integer;
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index db355ff..ee2d6b7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
        html_root_url = "http://doc.rust-lang.org/num/",
        html_playground_url = "http://play.rust-lang.org/")]
 
-extern crate "rustc-serialize" as rustc_serialize;
+extern crate rustc_serialize;
 extern crate core;
 extern crate rand;