diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e1104596a0d..55e88f5e3d5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -715,31 +715,14 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "ethcore-util"
 version = "1.9.0"
 dependencies = [
- "elastic-array 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "env_logger 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "eth-secp256k1 0.5.7 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/rust-secp256k1)",
  "ethcore-bigint 0.2.1",
  "ethcore-bytes 0.1.0",
- "ethcore-logger 1.9.0",
  "hashdb 0.1.1",
- "heapsize 0.4.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "journaldb 0.1.0",
  "keccak-hash 0.1.0",
- "kvdb 0.1.0",
- "kvdb-memorydb 0.1.0",
- "libc 0.2.31 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.3.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "memorydb 0.1.1",
- "parking_lot 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "patricia-trie 0.1.0",
- "rlp 0.2.1",
- "rustc-hex 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "rustc_version 0.1.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "target_info 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "tiny-keccak 1.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "triehash 0.1.0",
- "util-error 0.1.0",
- "vergen 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1938,6 +1921,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parity-rpc 1.9.0",
  "parity-rpc-client 1.4.0",
  "parity-updater 1.9.0",
+ "parity-version 0.1.0",
  "parity-whisper 0.1.0",
  "parking_lot 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "path 0.1.0",
@@ -1983,6 +1967,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parity-hash-fetch 1.9.0",
  "parity-reactor 0.1.0",
  "parity-ui 1.9.0",
+ "parity-version 0.1.0",
  "parking_lot 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.3.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustc-hex 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2130,6 +2115,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "order-stat 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "parity-reactor 0.1.0",
  "parity-updater 1.9.0",
+ "parity-version 0.1.0",
  "parking_lot 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "pretty_assertions 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.3.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2237,12 +2223,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "log 0.3.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "parity-hash-fetch 1.9.0",
  "parity-reactor 0.1.0",
+ "parity-version 0.1.0",
  "parking_lot 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "path 0.1.0",
  "semver 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "target_info 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "parity-version"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "ethcore-bytes 0.1.0",
+ "rlp 0.2.1",
+ "rustc_version 0.1.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "target_info 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "vergen 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parity-wasm"
 version = "0.15.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 31a0c1d2894..a79dafd3f88 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ parity-reactor = { path = "util/reactor" }
 parity-rpc = { path = "rpc" }
 parity-rpc-client = { path = "rpc_client" }
 parity-updater = { path = "updater" }
+parity-version = { path = "util/version" }
 parity-whisper = { path = "whisper" }
 path = { path = "util/path" }
 panic_hook = { path = "panic_hook" }
@@ -98,7 +99,6 @@ test-heavy = ["ethcore/test-heavy"]
 evm-debug = ["ethcore/evm-debug"]
 evm-debug-tests = ["ethcore/evm-debug-tests"]
 slow-blocks = ["ethcore/slow-blocks"]
-final = ["ethcore-util/final"]
 secretstore = ["ethcore-secretstore"]
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/dapps/Cargo.toml b/dapps/Cargo.toml
index f44bc2d9289..ac9becaa63c 100644
--- a/dapps/Cargo.toml
+++ b/dapps/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ parity-hash-fetch = { path = "../hash-fetch" }
 parity-reactor = { path = "../util/reactor" }
 parity-ui = { path = "./ui" }
 keccak-hash = { path = "../util/hash" }
+parity-version = { path = "../util/version" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.4"
diff --git a/dapps/src/handlers/content.rs b/dapps/src/handlers/content.rs
index 13d1fb0b9aa..711a985bde5 100644
--- a/dapps/src/handlers/content.rs
+++ b/dapps/src/handlers/content.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 use hyper::{self, mime, header};
 use hyper::StatusCode;
 
-use util::version;
+use parity_version::version;
 
 use handlers::add_security_headers;
 use Embeddable;
diff --git a/dapps/src/lib.rs b/dapps/src/lib.rs
index 0d9a33aa74a..19dd7f70b3e 100644
--- a/dapps/src/lib.rs
+++ b/dapps/src/lib.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ extern crate parity_dapps_glue as parity_dapps;
 extern crate parity_hash_fetch as hash_fetch;
 extern crate parity_ui;
 extern crate keccak_hash as hash;
+extern crate parity_version;
 
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate futures;
diff --git a/ethcore/src/state/account.rs b/ethcore/src/state/account.rs
index 2d9a37e817f..f4b6f0b4b9f 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/state/account.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/state/account.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ use std::cell::{RefCell, Cell};
 
 const STORAGE_CACHE_ITEMS: usize = 8192;
 
+/// Boolean type for clean/dirty status.
+#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+pub enum Filth {
+	/// Data has not been changed.
+	Clean,
+	/// Data has been changed.
+	Dirty,
+}
+
 /// Single account in the system.
 /// Keeps track of changes to the code and storage.
 /// The changes are applied in `commit_storage` and `commit_code`
diff --git a/parity/cli/usage.rs b/parity/cli/usage.rs
index 71ac01295a7..388afd1c1cb 100644
--- a/parity/cli/usage.rs
+++ b/parity/cli/usage.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ macro_rules! usage {
 		use toml;
 		use std::{fs, io, process};
 		use std::io::{Read, Write};
-		use util::version;
+		use parity_version::version;
 		use clap::{Arg, App, SubCommand, AppSettings, ArgMatches as ClapArgMatches, Error as ClapError, ErrorKind as ClapErrorKind};
 		use helpers::replace_home;
 		use std::ffi::OsStr;
diff --git a/parity/configuration.rs b/parity/configuration.rs
index 72d66706293..715e63db56a 100644
--- a/parity/configuration.rs
+++ b/parity/configuration.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ use cli::{Args, ArgsError};
 use hash::keccak;
 use bigint::prelude::U256;
 use bigint::hash::H256;
-use util::{version_data, Address, version};
+use util::Address;
+use parity_version::{version_data, version};
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use ansi_term::Colour;
 use ethsync::{NetworkConfiguration, validate_node_url, self};
diff --git a/parity/helpers.rs b/parity/helpers.rs
index 68bcce93df4..88ff333d9d3 100644
--- a/parity/helpers.rs
+++ b/parity/helpers.rs
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ pub fn default_network_config() -> ::ethsync::NetworkConfiguration {
 		ip_filter: IpFilter::default(),
 		reserved_nodes: Vec::new(),
 		allow_non_reserved: true,
-		client_version: ::util::version(),
+		client_version: ::parity_version::version(),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/parity/main.rs b/parity/main.rs
index 9ed01b6f772..c8ea6ead8c8 100644
--- a/parity/main.rs
+++ b/parity/main.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ extern crate parity_local_store as local_store;
 extern crate parity_reactor;
 extern crate parity_rpc;
 extern crate parity_updater as updater;
+extern crate parity_version;
 extern crate parity_whisper;
 extern crate path;
 extern crate rpc_cli;
diff --git a/parity/params.rs b/parity/params.rs
index 4a768e07da9..2d5cb8a7db4 100644
--- a/parity/params.rs
+++ b/parity/params.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 use std::{str, fs, fmt};
 use std::time::Duration;
 use bigint::prelude::U256;
-use util::{Address, version_data};
+use util::Address;
+use parity_version::version_data;
 use journaldb::Algorithm;
 use ethcore::spec::{Spec, SpecParams};
 use ethcore::ethereum;
diff --git a/parity/run.rs b/parity/run.rs
index f3a2b4f43a6..064f02d34d5 100644
--- a/parity/run.rs
+++ b/parity/run.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ use parity_reactor::EventLoop;
 use parity_rpc::{NetworkSettings, informant, is_major_importing};
 use updater::{UpdatePolicy, Updater};
 use ansi_term::Colour;
-use util::version;
+use parity_version::version;
 use parking_lot::{Condvar, Mutex};
 use node_filter::NodeFilter;
 use journaldb::Algorithm;
diff --git a/rpc/Cargo.toml b/rpc/Cargo.toml
index 6fba076e872..17ac43bd418 100644
--- a/rpc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rpc/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ fetch = { path = "../util/fetch" }
 node-health = { path = "../dapps/node-health" }
 parity-reactor = { path = "../util/reactor" }
 parity-updater = { path = "../updater" }
+parity-version = { path = "../util/version" }
 rlp = { path = "../util/rlp" }
 stats = { path = "../util/stats" }
 vm = { path = "../ethcore/vm" }
diff --git a/rpc/src/lib.rs b/rpc/src/lib.rs
index d26a77c8e43..f326cb381c3 100644
--- a/rpc/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/lib.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ extern crate fetch;
 extern crate node_health;
 extern crate parity_reactor;
 extern crate parity_updater as updater;
+extern crate parity_version as version;
 extern crate rlp;
 extern crate stats;
 extern crate keccak_hash as hash;
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/impls/light/parity.rs b/rpc/src/v1/impls/light/parity.rs
index 6987f808284..1be734df444 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/impls/light/parity.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/impls/light/parity.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashSet};
 
-use util::misc::version_data;
+use version::version_data;
 
 use crypto::{ecies, DEFAULT_MAC};
 use ethkey::{Brain, Generator};
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/impls/parity.rs b/rpc/src/v1/impls/parity.rs
index b1065932247..4cb02f9cb3f 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/impls/parity.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/impls/parity.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::collections::{BTreeMap, HashSet};
 
 use util::Address;
-use util::misc::version_data;
+use version::version_data;
 
 use crypto::{DEFAULT_MAC, ecies};
 use ethkey::{Brain, Generator};
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/impls/web3.rs b/rpc/src/v1/impls/web3.rs
index 44055507ff8..6915af1d1e0 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/impls/web3.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/impls/web3.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 //! Web3 rpc implementation.
 use hash::keccak;
 use jsonrpc_core::Result;
-use util::version;
+use version::version;
 use v1::traits::Web3;
 use v1::types::{H256, Bytes};
 
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/tests/mocked/parity.rs b/rpc/src/v1/tests/mocked/parity.rs
index 9153a17b3b6..e25f3e4d33c 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/tests/mocked/parity.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/tests/mocked/parity.rs
@@ -234,14 +234,14 @@ fn rpc_parity_chain_id() {
 
 #[test]
 fn rpc_parity_default_extra_data() {
-	use util::misc;
+	use version::version_data;
 	use bytes::ToPretty;
 
 	let deps = Dependencies::new();
 	let io = deps.default_client();
 
 	let request = r#"{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "parity_defaultExtraData", "params": [], "id": 1}"#;
-	let response = format!(r#"{{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"0x{}","id":1}}"#, misc::version_data().to_hex());
+	let response = format!(r#"{{"jsonrpc":"2.0","result":"0x{}","id":1}}"#, version_data().to_hex());
 
 	assert_eq!(io.handle_request_sync(request), Some(response));
 }
diff --git a/rpc/src/v1/tests/mocked/web3.rs b/rpc/src/v1/tests/mocked/web3.rs
index 46a83bb3db8..aceb36e5651 100644
--- a/rpc/src/v1/tests/mocked/web3.rs
+++ b/rpc/src/v1/tests/mocked/web3.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 use jsonrpc_core::IoHandler;
-use util::version;
+use version::version;
 use v1::{Web3, Web3Client};
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/updater/Cargo.toml b/updater/Cargo.toml
index a67559f6890..ec1b99296ad 100644
--- a/updater/Cargo.toml
+++ b/updater/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ futures = "0.1"
 parking_lot = "0.4"
 parity-hash-fetch = { path = "../hash-fetch" }
 parity-reactor = { path = "../util/reactor" }
+parity-version = { path = "../util/version" }
 path = { path = "../util/path" }
diff --git a/updater/src/lib.rs b/updater/src/lib.rs
index c0da3b6a162..73ebc7ec4a0 100644
--- a/updater/src/lib.rs
+++ b/updater/src/lib.rs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ extern crate ethsync;
 extern crate futures;
 extern crate target_info;
 extern crate parity_reactor;
+extern crate parity_version as version;
 extern crate path;
 extern crate semver;
 
diff --git a/updater/src/types/version_info.rs b/updater/src/types/version_info.rs
index 778e57087b8..ea9b4457770 100644
--- a/updater/src/types/version_info.rs
+++ b/updater/src/types/version_info.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 use std::fmt;
 use semver::{Version};
 use bigint::hash::H160;
-use util::misc::raw_package_info;
+use version::raw_package_info;
 use types::ReleaseTrack;
 
 /// Version information of a particular release.
diff --git a/updater/src/updater.rs b/updater/src/updater.rs
index 91c9181f849..72ddaa7fe88 100644
--- a/updater/src/updater.rs
+++ b/updater/src/updater.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use bigint::hash::{H160, H256};
 use util::Address;
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use parking_lot::Mutex;
-use util::misc;
+use version;
 
 /// Filter for releases.
 #[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Clone)]
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ fn platform() -> String {
 	} else if cfg!(target_os = "linux") {
 		format!("{}-unknown-linux-gnu", Target::arch())
 	} else {
-		misc::platform()
+		version::platform()
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/util/Cargo.toml b/util/Cargo.toml
index 964b19c8f65..e60b3c8ebc8 100644
--- a/util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/util/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,39 +5,15 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 name = "ethcore-util"
 version = "1.9.0"
 authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
-build = "build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-log = "0.3"
-env_logger = "0.4"
-rustc-hex = "1.0"
-eth-secp256k1 = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/rust-secp256k1" }
-elastic-array = "0.9"
-rlp = { path = "rlp" }
-heapsize = "0.4"
-keccak-hash = { path = "hash" }
-libc = "0.2.7"
-target_info = "0.1"
 ethcore-bigint = { path = "bigint", features = ["heapsizeof"] }
-parking_lot = "0.4"
-tiny-keccak= "1.0"
-ethcore-logger = { path = "../logger" }
-triehash = { path = "triehash" }
 hashdb = { path = "hashdb" }
-patricia-trie = { path = "patricia_trie" }
-ethcore-bytes = { path = "bytes" }
 memorydb = { path = "memorydb" }
-util-error = { path = "error" }
-kvdb = { path = "kvdb" }
-journaldb = { path = "journaldb" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-kvdb-memorydb = { path = "kvdb-memorydb" }
-
-[features]
-default = []
-final = []
-
-[build-dependencies]
-vergen = "0.1"
-rustc_version = "0.1.0"
+ethcore-bytes = { path = "bytes" }
+keccak-hash = { path = "hash" }
+log = "0.3"
+patricia-trie = { path = "patricia_trie" }
+triehash = { path = "triehash" }
diff --git a/util/src/lib.rs b/util/src/lib.rs
index 18a95e470b1..4094ed9673e 100644
--- a/util/src/lib.rs
+++ b/util/src/lib.rs
@@ -70,33 +70,10 @@
 //!   cargo build --release
 //!   ```
 
-extern crate rustc_hex;
-extern crate env_logger;
-extern crate secp256k1;
-extern crate elastic_array;
-extern crate libc;
-extern crate target_info;
 extern crate ethcore_bigint as bigint;
-extern crate ethcore_bytes as bytes;
-extern crate parking_lot;
-extern crate tiny_keccak;
-extern crate rlp;
-extern crate heapsize;
-extern crate ethcore_logger;
-extern crate keccak_hash as keccak;
 extern crate hashdb;
 extern crate memorydb;
-extern crate patricia_trie as trie;
-extern crate kvdb;
-extern crate util_error as error;
 
-#[cfg(test)]
-extern crate kvdb_memorydb;
-
-
-pub mod misc;
-
-pub use misc::*;
 pub use hashdb::*;
 pub use memorydb::MemoryDB;
 
diff --git a/util/version/Cargo.toml b/util/version/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..22bf07fb175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/version/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "parity-version"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
+build = "build.rs"
+
+[dependencies]
+ethcore-bytes = { path = "../bytes" }
+rlp = { path = "../rlp" }
+target_info = "0.1"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+vergen = "0.1"
+rustc_version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/util/build.rs b/util/version/build.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from util/build.rs
rename to util/version/build.rs
index 08ef8169785..b5d3dd81d42 100644
--- a/util/build.rs
+++ b/util/version/build.rs
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 extern crate vergen;
 extern crate rustc_version;
 
-use vergen::*;
 use std::env;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::Path;
+use vergen::{vergen, OutputFns};
 
 fn main() {
 	vergen(OutputFns::all()).unwrap();
diff --git a/util/src/misc.rs b/util/version/src/lib.rs
similarity index 93%
rename from util/src/misc.rs
rename to util/version/src/lib.rs
index 6a1a1170865..236f1191420 100644
--- a/util/src/misc.rs
+++ b/util/version/src/lib.rs
@@ -16,9 +16,13 @@
 
 //! Diff misc.
 
-use rlp::RlpStream;
+extern crate target_info;
+extern crate ethcore_bytes as bytes;
+extern crate rlp;
+
 use target_info::Target;
 use bytes::Bytes;
+use rlp::RlpStream;
 
 include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/version.rs"));
 include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/rustc_version.rs"));
@@ -31,15 +35,6 @@ const THIS_TRACK: &'static str = "nightly";
 const THIS_TRACK: &'static str = "unstable";
 // ^^^ This gets used when we're not building a final release; should stay as "unstable".
 
-/// Boolean type for clean/dirty status.
-#[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy, Debug)]
-pub enum Filth {
-	/// Data has not been changed.
-	Clean,
-	/// Data has been changed.
-	Dirty,
-}
-
 /// Get the platform identifier.
 pub fn platform() -> String {
 	let env = Target::env();