diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7b3ffed..93cd08f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ keywords = ["clipboard"]
 edition = "2018"
 readme = "README.md"
 
-[dependencies]
-anyhow = "1.0.31"
-
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 clipboard-win = {version = "4.0.2", features=["std"]}
 
@@ -21,6 +18,5 @@ objc_id = "0.1"
 objc-foundation = "0.1"
 
 [target.'cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_os="macos", target_os="android", target_os="emscripten"))))'.dependencies]
-failure = "0.1"
-wl-clipboard-rs = "0.4"
-x11-clipboard = "0.5.1"
+wl-clipboard-rs = "0.6"
+x11-clipboard = "0.6"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2480155..6d071e1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ cli-clipboard is a fork of [rust-clipboard](https://github.com/aweinstock314/rus
 
 On Linux it will first attempt to setup a Wayland clipboard provider.  If that fails it will then fallback to the X11 clipboard provider.
 
+Note: On Linux, you'll need to have xorg-dev and libxcb-composite0-dev to compile. On Debian and Ubuntu you can install them with
+
+	sudo apt install xorg-dev libxcb-composite0-dev
+
 ## Examples
 
 Using ClipboardContext to create a clipboard provider:
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ fn clear(&mut self) -> anhow::Result<()>;
 
 ### ClipboardContext
 
-- `ClipboardContext` is a type alias for one of {`WindowsClipboardContext`, `OSXClipboardContext`, `LinuxClipboardContext`}, all of which implement `ClipboardProvider`. Which concrete type is chosen for `ClipboardContext` depends on the OS (via conditional compilation). 
+- `ClipboardContext` is a type alias for one of {`WindowsClipboardContext`, `OSXClipboardContext`, `LinuxClipboardContext`}, all of which implement `ClipboardProvider`. Which concrete type is chosen for `ClipboardContext` depends on the OS (via conditional compilation).
 - `WaylandClipboardContext` and `X11ClipboardContext` are also available but generally the correct one will be chosen by `LinuxClipboardContext`.
 
 ### Convenience Functions
diff --git a/src/common.rs b/src/common.rs
index 28152b4..7915a06 100644
--- a/src/common.rs
+++ b/src/common.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-use anyhow::Result;
+use crate::Result;
 
 /// Trait for clipboard access
 pub trait ClipboardProvider: Sized {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index a5d1070..403d880 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ extern crate x11_clipboard as x11_clipboard_crate;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate objc;
 
-use anyhow::Result;
+type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Box<dyn std::error::Error>>;
 
 mod common;
 pub use common::ClipboardProvider;
diff --git a/src/linux_clipboard.rs b/src/linux_clipboard.rs
index db660bb..2925372 100644
--- a/src/linux_clipboard.rs
+++ b/src/linux_clipboard.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::common::*;
 use crate::wayland_clipboard::WaylandClipboardContext;
 use crate::x11_clipboard::{Clipboard, X11ClipboardContext};
-use anyhow::Result;
+use crate::Result;
 
 enum LinuxContext {
     Wayland(WaylandClipboardContext),
diff --git a/src/macos_clipboard.rs b/src/macos_clipboard.rs
index e139c1b..89cc2cc 100644
--- a/src/macos_clipboard.rs
+++ b/src/macos_clipboard.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 use crate::common::*;
-use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
+use crate::Result;
 use objc::runtime::{Class, Object};
 use objc_foundation::{INSArray, INSObject, INSString};
 use objc_foundation::{NSArray, NSDictionary, NSObject, NSString};
@@ -32,11 +32,10 @@ extern "C" {}
 
 impl ClipboardProvider for MacOSClipboardContext {
     fn new() -> Result<MacOSClipboardContext> {
-        let cls =
-            Class::get("NSPasteboard").ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("Class::get(\"NSPasteboard\")"))?;
+        let cls = Class::get("NSPasteboard").ok_or_else(|| "Class::get(\"NSPasteboard\")")?;
         let pasteboard: *mut Object = unsafe { msg_send![cls, generalPasteboard] };
         if pasteboard.is_null() {
-            return Err(anyhow!("NSPasteboard#generalPasteboard returned null"));
+            return Err("NSPasteboard#generalPasteboard returned null".into());
         }
         let pasteboard: Id<Object> = unsafe { Id::from_ptr(pasteboard) };
         Ok(MacOSClipboardContext { pasteboard })
@@ -53,16 +52,12 @@ impl ClipboardProvider for MacOSClipboardContext {
             let obj: *mut NSArray<NSString> =
                 msg_send![self.pasteboard, readObjectsForClasses:&*classes options:&*options];
             if obj.is_null() {
-                return Err(anyhow!(
-                    "pasteboard#readObjectsForClasses:options: returned null",
-                ));
+                return Err("pasteboard#readObjectsForClasses:options: returned null".into());
             }
             Id::from_ptr(obj)
         };
         if string_array.count() == 0 {
-            Err(anyhow!(
-                "pasteboard#readObjectsForClasses:options: returned empty",
-            ))
+            Err("pasteboard#readObjectsForClasses:options: returned empty".into())
         } else {
             Ok(string_array[0].as_str().to_owned())
         }
@@ -75,7 +70,7 @@ impl ClipboardProvider for MacOSClipboardContext {
         if success {
             Ok(())
         } else {
-            Err(anyhow!("NSPasteboard#writeObjects: returned false"))
+            Err("NSPasteboard#writeObjects: returned false".into())
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/wayland_clipboard.rs b/src/wayland_clipboard.rs
index c482370..7bb5ba2 100644
--- a/src/wayland_clipboard.rs
+++ b/src/wayland_clipboard.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 use crate::common::*;
-use anyhow::Result;
-use failure::Fail;
+use crate::Result;
 use std::io::{self, Read};
 use wl_clipboard_rs::{
     copy::{self, clear, Options, ServeRequests},
@@ -62,10 +61,8 @@ impl ClipboardProvider for WaylandClipboardContext {
     fn new() -> Result<WaylandClipboardContext> {
         let supports_primary_selection = match utils::is_primary_selection_supported() {
             Ok(v) => v,
-            Err(e) => match e {
-                utils::PrimarySelectionCheckError::NoSeats => false,
-                _ => return Err(into_boxed_error(e)),
-            },
+            Err(utils::PrimarySelectionCheckError::NoSeats) => false,
+            Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
         };
 
         Ok(WaylandClipboardContext {
@@ -111,12 +108,10 @@ impl ClipboardProvider for WaylandClipboardContext {
             paste::MimeType::Text,
         ) {
             Ok((reader, _)) => reader,
-            Err(e) => match e {
-                paste::Error::NoSeats | paste::Error::ClipboardEmpty | paste::Error::NoMimeType => {
-                    return Ok("".to_string());
-                }
-                _ => return Err(into_boxed_error(e)),
-            },
+            Err(
+                paste::Error::NoSeats | paste::Error::ClipboardEmpty | paste::Error::NoMimeType,
+            ) => return Ok("".to_string()),
+            Err(e) => return Err(e.into()),
         };
 
         Ok(read_into_string(&mut reader).map_err(Box::new)?)
@@ -148,22 +143,18 @@ impl ClipboardProvider for WaylandClipboardContext {
                 copy::Source::Bytes(data.into_bytes().into()),
                 copy::MimeType::Text,
             )
-            .map_err(into_boxed_error)
+            .map_err(Into::into)
     }
 
     fn clear(&mut self) -> Result<()> {
         if self.supports_primary_selection {
-            clear(copy::ClipboardType::Both, copy::Seat::All).map_err(into_boxed_error)
+            clear(copy::ClipboardType::Both, copy::Seat::All).map_err(Into::into)
         } else {
-            clear(copy::ClipboardType::Regular, copy::Seat::All).map_err(into_boxed_error)
+            clear(copy::ClipboardType::Regular, copy::Seat::All).map_err(Into::into)
         }
     }
 }
 
-fn into_boxed_error<F: 'static + Fail>(fail: F) -> anyhow::Error {
-    fail.compat().into()
-}
-
 fn read_into_string<R: Read>(reader: &mut R) -> io::Result<String> {
     let mut contents = String::new();
     reader.read_to_string(&mut contents)?;
diff --git a/src/windows_clipboard.rs b/src/windows_clipboard.rs
index c140c6a..c71f7a5 100644
--- a/src/windows_clipboard.rs
+++ b/src/windows_clipboard.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 use clipboard_win::{empty, get_clipboard_string, set_clipboard_string, Clipboard};
 
 use crate::common::ClipboardProvider;
-use anyhow::Result;
+use crate::Result;
 
 pub struct WindowsClipboardContext;
 
diff --git a/src/x11_clipboard.rs b/src/x11_clipboard.rs
index d299ee1..d19976e 100644
--- a/src/x11_clipboard.rs
+++ b/src/x11_clipboard.rs
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 use crate::common::*;
-use anyhow::Result;
+use crate::Result;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::time::Duration;
-use x11_clipboard_crate::xcb::xproto::Atom;
+use x11_clipboard_crate::xcb::x::Atom;
 use x11_clipboard_crate::Atoms;
 use x11_clipboard_crate::Clipboard as X11Clipboard;