diff --git a/imag-link/Cargo.toml b/imag-link/Cargo.toml
index 21e4e72b..858ff6f0 100644
--- a/imag-link/Cargo.toml
+++ b/imag-link/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ clap = "2.1.1"
 log = "0.3"
 version = "2.0.1"
 toml = "0.1.25"
-url = "0.5.5"
+url = "1.1"
 
 [dependencies.libimagstore]
 path = "../libimagstore"
diff --git a/libimagentrylink/Cargo.toml b/libimagentrylink/Cargo.toml
index 6dfef016..7ac8457e 100644
--- a/libimagentrylink/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libimagentrylink/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ itertools = "0.4"
 log = "0.3"
 toml = "0.1.27"
 semver = "0.2"
-url = "0.5.5"
+url = "1.1"
 rust-crypto = "0.2.35"
 
 [dependencies.libimagstore]
diff --git a/libimagentrylink/src/external.rs b/libimagentrylink/src/external.rs
index e99abf42..d83a1b9d 100644
--- a/libimagentrylink/src/external.rs
+++ b/libimagentrylink/src/external.rs
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ impl ExternalLinker for Entry {
         for link in links { // for all links
             let hash = {
                 let mut s = Sha1::new();
-                s.input_str(&link.serialize()[..]);
+                s.input_str(&link.as_str()[..]);
                 s.result_str()
             };
             let file_id = ModuleEntryPath::new(format!("external/{}", hash)).into_storeid();
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ impl ExternalLinker for Entry {
                     Err(e)   => return Err(LE::new(LEK::StoreWriteError, Some(Box::new(e)))),
                 };
 
-                let v = Value::String(link.serialize());
+                let v = Value::String(link.into_string());
 
                 debug!("setting URL = '{:?}", v);
                 table.insert(String::from("url"), v);
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ impl ExternalLinker for Entry {
             .and_then(|links| {
                 debug!("Removing link = '{:?}' from links = {:?}", link, links);
                 let links = links.into_iter()
-                    .filter(|l| l.serialize() != link.serialize())
+                    .filter(|l| l.as_str() != link.as_str())
                     .collect();
                 self.set_external_links(store, links)
             })