diff --git a/server/lemmy_api_structs/src/lib.rs b/server/lemmy_api_structs/src/lib.rs
index df5830409..66abcf200 100644
--- a/server/lemmy_api_structs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/server/lemmy_api_structs/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-pub extern crate serde;
-pub extern crate thiserror;
+extern crate serde;
+extern crate thiserror;
 
 pub mod comment;
 pub mod community;
diff --git a/server/lemmy_db/src/lib.rs b/server/lemmy_db/src/lib.rs
index 4a4748ce5..ed6e1dfb9 100644
--- a/server/lemmy_db/src/lib.rs
+++ b/server/lemmy_db/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 #[macro_use]
-pub extern crate diesel;
+extern crate diesel;
 #[macro_use]
-pub extern crate strum_macros;
+extern crate strum_macros;
 #[macro_use]
-pub extern crate lazy_static;
-pub extern crate bcrypt;
-pub extern crate chrono;
-pub extern crate log;
-pub extern crate regex;
-pub extern crate serde;
-pub extern crate serde_json;
-pub extern crate sha2;
-pub extern crate strum;
+extern crate lazy_static;
+extern crate bcrypt;
+extern crate chrono;
+extern crate log;
+extern crate regex;
+extern crate serde;
+extern crate serde_json;
+extern crate sha2;
+extern crate strum;
 
 use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
 use diesel::{result::Error, *};
diff --git a/server/lemmy_rate_limit/src/lib.rs b/server/lemmy_rate_limit/src/lib.rs
index 2d3553f01..260f7e2cb 100644
--- a/server/lemmy_rate_limit/src/lib.rs
+++ b/server/lemmy_rate_limit/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #[macro_use]
-pub extern crate strum_macros;
-pub extern crate actix_web;
-pub extern crate futures;
-pub extern crate log;
-pub extern crate tokio;
+extern crate strum_macros;
+extern crate actix_web;
+extern crate futures;
+extern crate log;
+extern crate tokio;
 
 use actix_web::dev::{Service, ServiceRequest, ServiceResponse, Transform};
 use futures::future::{ok, Ready};
diff --git a/server/lemmy_utils/src/lib.rs b/server/lemmy_utils/src/lib.rs
index 205093433..c27033ca5 100644
--- a/server/lemmy_utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/server/lemmy_utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 #[macro_use]
-pub extern crate lazy_static;
-pub extern crate actix_web;
-pub extern crate anyhow;
-pub extern crate comrak;
-pub extern crate lettre;
-pub extern crate lettre_email;
-pub extern crate openssl;
-pub extern crate rand;
-pub extern crate regex;
-pub extern crate serde_json;
-pub extern crate url;
+extern crate lazy_static;
+extern crate actix_web;
+extern crate anyhow;
+extern crate comrak;
+extern crate lettre;
+extern crate lettre_email;
+extern crate openssl;
+extern crate rand;
+extern crate regex;
+extern crate serde_json;
+extern crate url;
 
 pub mod settings;
 
diff --git a/server/src/lib.rs b/server/src/lib.rs
index 380dc4454..d811d908a 100644
--- a/server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/server/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 #![recursion_limit = "512"]
 #[macro_use]
-pub extern crate strum_macros;
+extern crate strum_macros;
 #[macro_use]
-pub extern crate lazy_static;
-pub extern crate actix;
-pub extern crate actix_web;
-pub extern crate base64;
-pub extern crate bcrypt;
-pub extern crate captcha;
-pub extern crate chrono;
-pub extern crate diesel;
-pub extern crate dotenv;
-pub extern crate jsonwebtoken;
+extern crate lazy_static;
+extern crate actix;
+extern crate actix_web;
+extern crate base64;
+extern crate bcrypt;
+extern crate captcha;
+extern crate chrono;
+extern crate diesel;
+extern crate dotenv;
+extern crate jsonwebtoken;
 extern crate log;
-pub extern crate openssl;
-pub extern crate reqwest;
-pub extern crate rss;
-pub extern crate serde;
-pub extern crate serde_json;
-pub extern crate sha2;
-pub extern crate strum;
+extern crate openssl;
+extern crate reqwest;
+extern crate rss;
+extern crate serde;
+extern crate serde_json;
+extern crate sha2;
+extern crate strum;
 
 pub mod api;
 pub mod apub;
diff --git a/server/src/main.rs b/server/src/main.rs
index 48549e467..92619b7cd 100644
--- a/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/server/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate diesel_migrations;
-#[macro_use]
-pub extern crate lazy_static;
 
 use actix::prelude::*;
 use actix_web::{
@@ -17,6 +15,7 @@ use diesel::{
   r2d2::{ConnectionManager, Pool},
   PgConnection,
 };
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 use lemmy_db::get_database_url_from_env;
 use lemmy_rate_limit::{rate_limiter::RateLimiter, RateLimit};
 use lemmy_server::{