diff --git a/rust/notcurses/src/channels.rs b/rust/libnotcurses-sys/src/channels.rs
similarity index 99%
rename from rust/notcurses/src/channels.rs
rename to rust/libnotcurses-sys/src/channels.rs
index 4274fbc8c..fef827a15 100644
--- a/rust/notcurses/src/channels.rs
+++ b/rust/libnotcurses-sys/src/channels.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #![allow(dead_code)]
 
-extern crate libnotcurses_sys as ffi;
+use crate as ffi;
 
 // NOTE: There are several differences from the original functions in C:
 //
diff --git a/rust/libnotcurses-sys/src/lib.rs b/rust/libnotcurses-sys/src/lib.rs
index ed21cfeda..48d1b6974 100644
--- a/rust/libnotcurses-sys/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/libnotcurses-sys/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #![allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 #![allow(non_snake_case)]
 
+mod channels;
+
 include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/bindings.rs"));
 
 pub fn ncplane_putstr(_n: *mut ncplane, _str: &str) -> i32 {
diff --git a/rust/notcurses/src/lib.rs b/rust/notcurses/src/lib.rs
index 6620cd5de..88bd18cdc 100644
--- a/rust/notcurses/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/notcurses/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-mod channels;
-
 extern crate libnotcurses_sys as ffi;
 
 pub fn getc_blocking(_n: *mut ffi::notcurses, _ni: &mut ffi::ncinput) -> u32 {