diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentryutil/Cargo.toml b/lib/entry/libimagentryutil/Cargo.toml
index 16774334..c8d6da20 100644
--- a/lib/entry/libimagentryutil/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/entry/libimagentryutil/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ maintenance                       = { status     = "actively-developed" }
 
 [dependencies]
 toml = "0.4"
-toml-query = "0.7"
-error-chain = "0.12"
+toml-query = { git = "https://github.com/matthiasbeyer/toml-query", branch = "failure" }
 filters = "0.3"
+failure = "0.1"
 
 libimagstore = { version = "0.9.0", path = "../../../lib/core/libimagstore" }
 libimagerror = { version = "0.9.0", path = "../../../lib/core/libimagerror" }
diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentryutil/src/error.rs b/lib/entry/libimagentryutil/src/error.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 87b48a40..00000000
--- a/lib/entry/libimagentryutil/src/error.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-//
-// imag - the personal information management suite for the commandline
-// Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Matthias Beyer <mail@beyermatthias.de> and contributors
-//
-// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version
-// 2.1 of the License.
-//
-// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-// Lesser General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
-// Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
-//
-
-error_chain! {
-    types {
-        EntryUtilError, EntryUtilErrorKind, ResultExt, Result;
-    }
-
-    foreign_links {
-        TomlQueryError(::toml_query::error::Error);
-    }
-
-    errors {
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentryutil/src/isa.rs b/lib/entry/libimagentryutil/src/isa.rs
index 0681a75f..1481da51 100644
--- a/lib/entry/libimagentryutil/src/isa.rs
+++ b/lib/entry/libimagentryutil/src/isa.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 // Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
 //
 
-use error::EntryUtilError as EUE;
-use error::Result;
+use failure::Fallible as Result;
+use failure::Error;
 
 use toml::Value;
 use toml_query::read::TomlValueReadTypeExt;
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ use toml_query::insert::TomlValueInsertExt;
 /// # extern crate libimagstore;
 /// # #[macro_use]
 /// # extern crate libimagentryutil;
+/// # extern crate failure;
 ///
-/// # use libimagentryutil::error::Result as Result;
+/// use failure::Fallible as Result;
 /// use libimagentryutil::isa::IsKindHeaderPathProvider;
 /// use libimagentryutil::isa::Is;
 ///
@@ -76,16 +77,16 @@ impl Is for ::libimagstore::store::Entry {
     fn is<T: IsKindHeaderPathProvider>(&self) -> Result<bool> {
         let field = T::kindflag_header_location();
 
-        match self.get_header().read_bool(field)? {
+        match self.get_header().read_bool(field).map_err(Error::from)? {
             Some(b) => Ok(b),
-            None    => Err(format!("Field {} not available", field)).map_err(EUE::from),
+            None    => Err(format_err!("Field {} not available", field)),
         }
     }
 
     fn set_isflag<T: IsKindHeaderPathProvider>(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         self.get_header_mut()
             .insert(T::kindflag_header_location(), Value::Boolean(true))
-            .map_err(EUE::from)
+            .map_err(Error::from)
             .map(|_| ())
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/entry/libimagentryutil/src/lib.rs b/lib/entry/libimagentryutil/src/lib.rs
index 544d1770..f484d829 100644
--- a/lib/entry/libimagentryutil/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/entry/libimagentryutil/src/lib.rs
@@ -38,12 +38,11 @@
 extern crate filters;
 extern crate toml;
 extern crate toml_query;
-#[macro_use] extern crate error_chain;
+#[macro_use] extern crate failure;
 
 extern crate libimagstore;
 extern crate libimagerror;
 
-pub mod error;
 pub mod isa;
 pub mod isincollection;
 pub mod iter;