diff --git a/src/book/mod.rs b/src/book/mod.rs
index 3b25c68e..5453a2b4 100644
--- a/src/book/mod.rs
+++ b/src/book/mod.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ impl MDBook {
 
         config.update_from_env();
 
-        if log_enabled!(::log::Level::Trace) {
+        if log_enabled!(log::Level::Trace) {
             for line in format!("Config: {:#?}", config).lines() {
                 trace!("{}", line);
             }
diff --git a/src/cmd/clean.rs b/src/cmd/clean.rs
index 420037d7..07c2fbc6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/clean.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/clean.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub fn make_subcommand<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
 }
 
 // Clean command implementation
-pub fn execute(args: &ArgMatches) -> ::mdbook::errors::Result<()> {
+pub fn execute(args: &ArgMatches) -> mdbook::errors::Result<()> {
     let book_dir = get_book_dir(args);
     let book = MDBook::load(&book_dir)?;
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/watch.rs b/src/cmd/watch.rs
index aa1594fa..bf903f90 100644
--- a/src/cmd/watch.rs
+++ b/src/cmd/watch.rs
@@ -63,14 +63,14 @@ where
         Ok(w) => w,
         Err(e) => {
             error!("Error while trying to watch the files:\n\n\t{:?}", e);
-            ::std::process::exit(1)
+            std::process::exit(1)
         }
     };
 
     // Add the source directory to the watcher
     if let Err(e) = watcher.watch(book.source_dir(), Recursive) {
         error!("Error while watching {:?}:\n    {:?}", book.source_dir(), e);
-        ::std::process::exit(1);
+        std::process::exit(1);
     };
 
     let _ = watcher.watch(book.theme_dir(), Recursive);
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index b3707d8e..ae15b29b 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
     }
 }
 impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Config {
-    fn deserialize<D: Deserializer<'de>>(de: D) -> ::std::result::Result<Self, D::Error> {
+    fn deserialize<D: Deserializer<'de>>(de: D) -> std::result::Result<Self, D::Error> {
         let raw = Value::deserialize(de)?;
 
         if is_legacy_format(&raw) {
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Config {
 }
 
 impl Serialize for Config {
-    fn serialize<S: Serializer>(&self, s: S) -> ::std::result::Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
+    fn serialize<S: Serializer>(&self, s: S) -> std::result::Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
         use serde::ser::Error;
 
         let mut table = self.rest.clone();
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0494d984..e5fe7f45 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -122,20 +122,20 @@ pub mod errors {
 
     error_chain! {
         foreign_links {
-            Io(::std::io::Error) #[doc = "A wrapper around `std::io::Error`"];
-            HandlebarsRender(::handlebars::RenderError) #[doc = "Handlebars rendering failed"];
-            HandlebarsTemplate(Box<::handlebars::TemplateError>) #[doc = "Unable to parse the template"];
-            Utf8(::std::string::FromUtf8Error) #[doc = "Invalid UTF-8"];
-            SerdeJson(::serde_json::Error) #[doc = "JSON conversion failed"];
+            Io(std::io::Error) #[doc = "A wrapper around `std::io::Error`"];
+            HandlebarsRender(handlebars::RenderError) #[doc = "Handlebars rendering failed"];
+            HandlebarsTemplate(Box<handlebars::TemplateError>) #[doc = "Unable to parse the template"];
+            Utf8(std::string::FromUtf8Error) #[doc = "Invalid UTF-8"];
+            SerdeJson(serde_json::Error) #[doc = "JSON conversion failed"];
         }
 
         links {
-            TomlQuery(::toml_query::error::Error, ::toml_query::error::ErrorKind) #[doc = "A TomlQuery error"];
+            TomlQuery(toml_query::error::Error, toml_query::error::ErrorKind) #[doc = "A TomlQuery error"];
         }
 
         errors {
             /// A subprocess exited with an unsuccessful return code.
-            Subprocess(message: String, output: ::std::process::Output) {
+            Subprocess(message: String, output: std::process::Output) {
                 description("A subprocess failed")
                 display("{}: {}", message, String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout))
             }
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ pub mod errors {
     }
 
     // Box to halve the size of Error
-    impl From<::handlebars::TemplateError> for Error {
-        fn from(e: ::handlebars::TemplateError) -> Error {
+    impl From<handlebars::TemplateError> for Error {
+        fn from(e: handlebars::TemplateError) -> Error {
             From::from(Box::new(e))
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 22aac744..14aad67a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ fn main() {
     if let Err(e) = res {
         utils::log_backtrace(&e);
 
-        ::std::process::exit(101);
+        std::process::exit(101);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/rendered_output.rs b/tests/rendered_output.rs
index 12aa3a3b..dfee1793 100644
--- a/tests/rendered_output.rs
+++ b/tests/rendered_output.rs
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ fn theme_dir_overrides_work_correctly() {
     let book_dir = book_dir.path();
     let theme_dir = book_dir.join("theme");
 
-    let mut index = ::mdbook::theme::INDEX.to_vec();
+    let mut index = mdbook::theme::INDEX.to_vec();
     index.extend_from_slice(b"\n<!-- This is a modified index.hbs! -->");
 
     write_file(&theme_dir, "index.hbs", &index).unwrap();