diff --git a/src/client/sync/mod.rs b/src/client/sync/mod.rs
index 70bd4cfc..16db651e 100644
--- a/src/client/sync/mod.rs
+++ b/src/client/sync/mod.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ pub mod rtu;
 #[cfg(feature = "tcp-sync")]
 pub mod tcp;
 
-use std::{future::Future, time::Duration};
+use std::{future::Future, io::Result, time::Duration};
 
 use futures::future::Either;
 
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ use super::{
     Writer as AsyncWriter,
 };
 
-/// Re-export
-pub use std::io::Result;
-
 fn block_on_with_timeout<T>(
     runtime: &tokio::runtime::Runtime,
     timeout: Option<Duration>,
diff --git a/src/client/sync/rtu.rs b/src/client/sync/rtu.rs
index 9ad15cd3..ae9a0d7d 100644
--- a/src/client/sync/rtu.rs
+++ b/src/client/sync/rtu.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2017-2022 slowtec GmbH <post@slowtec.de>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
 
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::{io::Result, time::Duration};
 
-use super::{block_on_with_timeout, Context, Result};
+use super::{block_on_with_timeout, Context};
 
 use tokio_serial::{SerialPortBuilder, SerialStream};
 
diff --git a/src/client/sync/tcp.rs b/src/client/sync/tcp.rs
index 165cfc53..96f34f7c 100644
--- a/src/client/sync/tcp.rs
+++ b/src/client/sync/tcp.rs
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@
 
 //! TCP client connections
 
-use std::{net::SocketAddr, time::Duration};
+use std::{io::Result, net::SocketAddr, time::Duration};
 
-use crate::client::tcp::connect_slave as async_connect_slave;
-use crate::slave::Slave;
+use crate::{client::tcp::connect_slave as async_connect_slave, slave::Slave};
 
-use super::{block_on_with_timeout, Context, Result};
+use super::{block_on_with_timeout, Context};
 
 /// Establish a direct connection to a Modbus TCP coupler.
 pub fn connect(socket_addr: SocketAddr) -> Result<Context> {