diff --git a/bitcoin/src/amount.rs b/bitcoin/src/amount.rs
index 7ca3e708..496245ed 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/amount.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/amount.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use core::str::FromStr;
 use core::{default, ops};
 
 use crate::consensus::encode::{self, Decodable, Encodable};
-use crate::io;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
 /// A set of denominations in which amounts can be expressed.
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/bip158.rs b/bitcoin/src/bip158.rs
index 34eeb088..13097b7b 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/bip158.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/bip158.rs
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ use crate::blockdata::transaction::OutPoint;
 use crate::consensus::encode::VarInt;
 use crate::consensus::{Decodable, Encodable};
 use crate::hash_types::{BlockHash, FilterHash, FilterHeader};
-use crate::io;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
 /// Golomb encoding parameter as in BIP-158, see also https://gist.github.com/sipa/576d5f09c3b86c3b1b75598d799fc845
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/bip32.rs b/bitcoin/src/bip32.rs
index 06b0cf98..c1c45597 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/bip32.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/bip32.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use core::{fmt, slice};
 
 use hashes::{hash160, hash_newtype, sha512, Hash, HashEngine, Hmac, HmacEngine};
 use internals::{impl_array_newtype, write_err};
+use io::Write;
 use secp256k1::{self, Secp256k1, XOnlyPublicKey};
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 use serde;
@@ -20,7 +21,6 @@ use serde;
 use crate::base58;
 use crate::crypto::key::{self, Keypair, PrivateKey, PublicKey};
 use crate::internal_macros::impl_bytes_newtype;
-use crate::io::Write;
 use crate::network::Network;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/blockdata/block.rs b/bitcoin/src/blockdata/block.rs
index 9adde9d8..56649276 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/blockdata/block.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/blockdata/block.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use crate::hash_types::{TxMerkleNode, WitnessCommitment, WitnessMerkleNode, Wtxi
 use crate::internal_macros::impl_consensus_encoding;
 use crate::pow::{CompactTarget, Target, Work};
 use crate::prelude::*;
-use crate::{io, merkle_tree, Network, VarInt};
+use crate::{merkle_tree, Network, VarInt};
 
 #[rustfmt::skip]                // Keep public re-exports separate.
 #[doc(inline)]
@@ -645,9 +645,10 @@ mod tests {
 mod benches {
     use test::{black_box, Bencher};
 
+    use io::sink;
+
     use super::Block;
     use crate::consensus::{deserialize, Decodable, Encodable};
-    use crate::io::sink;
 
     #[bench]
     pub fn bench_stream_reader(bh: &mut Bencher) {
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/blockdata/locktime/absolute.rs b/bitcoin/src/blockdata/locktime/absolute.rs
index fed21aab..4099c2b9 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/blockdata/locktime/absolute.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/blockdata/locktime/absolute.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use core::cmp::{Ordering, PartialOrd};
 use core::{fmt, mem};
 
 use internals::write_err;
+use io::{Read, Write};
 #[cfg(all(test, mutate))]
 use mutagen::mutate;
 
@@ -17,7 +18,6 @@ use mutagen::mutate;
 use crate::absolute;
 use crate::consensus::encode::{self, Decodable, Encodable};
 use crate::error::ParseIntError;
-use crate::io::{self, Read, Write};
 use crate::parse::{impl_parse_str_from_int_fallible, impl_parse_str_from_int_infallible};
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::string::FromHexStr;
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/blockdata/transaction.rs b/bitcoin/src/blockdata/transaction.rs
index 9be03354..20146c1e 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/blockdata/transaction.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/blockdata/transaction.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use crate::script::Push;
 #[cfg(doc)]
 use crate::sighash::{EcdsaSighashType, TapSighashType};
 use crate::string::FromHexStr;
-use crate::{io, Amount, VarInt};
+use crate::{Amount, VarInt};
 
 #[rustfmt::skip]                // Keep public re-exports separate.
 #[cfg(feature = "bitcoinconsensus")]
@@ -2207,11 +2207,11 @@ mod tests {
 #[cfg(bench)]
 mod benches {
     use hex_lit::hex;
+    use io::sink;
     use test::{black_box, Bencher};
 
     use super::Transaction;
     use crate::consensus::{deserialize, Encodable};
-    use crate::io::sink;
 
     const SOME_TX: &str = "0100000001a15d57094aa7a21a28cb20b59aab8fc7d1149a3bdbcddba9c622e4f5f6a99ece010000006c493046022100f93bb0e7d8db7bd46e40132d1f8242026e045f03a0efe71bbb8e3f475e970d790221009337cd7f1f929f00cc6ff01f03729b069a7c21b59b1736ddfee5db5946c5da8c0121033b9b137ee87d5a812d6f506efdd37f0affa7ffc310711c06c7f3e097c9447c52ffffffff0100e1f505000000001976a9140389035a9225b3839e2bbf32d826a1e222031fd888ac00000000";
 
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/blockdata/witness.rs b/bitcoin/src/blockdata/witness.rs
index 920f7345..b7011638 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/blockdata/witness.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/blockdata/witness.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 use core::fmt;
 use core::ops::Index;
 
+use io::{Read, Write};
+
 use crate::consensus::encode::{Error, MAX_VEC_SIZE};
 use crate::consensus::{Decodable, Encodable, WriteExt};
 use crate::crypto::ecdsa;
-use crate::io::{self, Read, Write};
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::taproot::TAPROOT_ANNEX_PREFIX;
 use crate::{Script, VarInt};
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/consensus/encode.rs b/bitcoin/src/consensus/encode.rs
index e618c925..7b6a39cb 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/consensus/encode.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/consensus/encode.rs
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ use core::{fmt, mem, u32};
 
 use hashes::{sha256, sha256d, Hash};
 use internals::write_err;
+use io::{Cursor, Read};
 
 use crate::bip152::{PrefilledTransaction, ShortId};
 use crate::blockdata::block;
 use crate::blockdata::transaction::{Transaction, TxIn, TxOut};
 use crate::hash_types::{BlockHash, FilterHash, FilterHeader, TxMerkleNode};
-use crate::io::{self, Cursor, Read};
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 use crate::p2p::{
     address::{AddrV2Message, Address},
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/consensus/serde.rs b/bitcoin/src/consensus/serde.rs
index 9073a32a..98eb0585 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/consensus/serde.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/consensus/serde.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use serde::{Deserializer, Serializer};
 
 use super::encode::Error as ConsensusError;
 use super::{Decodable, Encodable};
-use crate::io;
 
 /// Hex-encoding strategy
 pub struct Hex<Case = hex::Lower>(PhantomData<Case>)
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/merkle_tree/block.rs b/bitcoin/src/merkle_tree/block.rs
index ae880660..caafa4a7 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/merkle_tree/block.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/merkle_tree/block.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ use crate::blockdata::transaction::Transaction;
 use crate::blockdata::weight::Weight;
 use crate::consensus::encode::{self, Decodable, Encodable};
 use crate::hash_types::{TxMerkleNode, Txid};
-use crate::io;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
 /// Data structure that represents a block header paired to a partial merkle tree.
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/merkle_tree/mod.rs b/bitcoin/src/merkle_tree/mod.rs
index 7d75641f..71159a78 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/merkle_tree/mod.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/merkle_tree/mod.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ use core::iter;
 use hashes::Hash;
 
 use crate::consensus::encode::Encodable;
-use crate::io;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
 #[rustfmt::skip]
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/p2p/address.rs b/bitcoin/src/p2p/address.rs
index 5e470551..bb7c9a07 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/p2p/address.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/p2p/address.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use core::{fmt, iter};
 use std::net::{Ipv4Addr, Ipv6Addr, SocketAddr, SocketAddrV4, SocketAddrV6, ToSocketAddrs};
 
 use crate::consensus::encode::{self, Decodable, Encodable, ReadExt, VarInt, WriteExt};
-use crate::io;
 use crate::p2p::ServiceFlags;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/p2p/message.rs b/bitcoin/src/p2p/message.rs
index 457957f3..f12dcb4f 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/p2p/message.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/p2p/message.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use hashes::{sha256d, Hash};
 
 use crate::blockdata::{block, transaction};
 use crate::consensus::encode::{self, CheckedData, Decodable, Encodable, VarInt};
-use crate::io;
 use crate::merkle_tree::MerkleBlock;
 use crate::p2p::address::{AddrV2Message, Address};
 use crate::p2p::{
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/p2p/message_bloom.rs b/bitcoin/src/p2p/message_bloom.rs
index 812ce2f5..fa62a89a 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/p2p/message_bloom.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/p2p/message_bloom.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 use crate::consensus::{encode, Decodable, Encodable, ReadExt};
 use crate::internal_macros::impl_consensus_encoding;
-use crate::io;
 
 /// `filterload` message sets the current bloom filter
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/pow.rs b/bitcoin/src/pow.rs
index 9387bb4f..b59f35e1 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/pow.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/pow.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 use core::fmt::{self, LowerHex, UpperHex};
 use core::ops::{Add, Div, Mul, Not, Rem, Shl, Shr, Sub};
 
+use io::{Read, Write};
 #[cfg(all(test, mutate))]
 use mutagen::mutate;
 
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ use crate::consensus::encode::{self, Decodable, Encodable};
 #[cfg(doc)]
 use crate::consensus::Params;
 use crate::hash_types::BlockHash;
-use crate::io::{self, Read, Write};
 use crate::prelude::String;
 use crate::string::FromHexStr;
 use crate::Network;
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/psbt/map/global.rs b/bitcoin/src/psbt/map/global.rs
index 53c33c6e..cc50ef06 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/psbt/map/global.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/psbt/map/global.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
 
+use io::{Cursor, Read};
+
 use crate::bip32::{ChildNumber, DerivationPath, Fingerprint, Xpub};
 use crate::blockdata::transaction::Transaction;
 use crate::consensus::encode::MAX_VEC_SIZE;
 use crate::consensus::{encode, Decodable};
-use crate::io::{self, Cursor, Read};
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::psbt::map::Map;
 use crate::psbt::{raw, Error, Psbt};
diff --git a/bitcoin/src/psbt/raw.rs b/bitcoin/src/psbt/raw.rs
index c52a70fe..cc48168f 100644
--- a/bitcoin/src/psbt/raw.rs
+++ b/bitcoin/src/psbt/raw.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use super::serialize::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use crate::consensus::encode::{
     self, deserialize, serialize, Decodable, Encodable, ReadExt, VarInt, WriteExt, MAX_VEC_SIZE,
 };
-use crate::io;
 use crate::prelude::*;
 use crate::psbt::Error;