diff --git a/batch.go b/batch.go
index c0d3678..f53b576 100644
--- a/batch.go
+++ b/batch.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-block-format"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-blockservice"
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid/_rsrch/cidiface"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ func (b *Batch) Write() error {
 	}
 	for _, key := range b.deleteCache.Keys() {
 		// we are using state codec because we don't know the codec and at this level the codec doesn't matter, the datastore key is multihash-only derived
-		c, err := Keccak256ToCid(common.Hex2Bytes(key.(string)), cid.EthStateTrie)
+		c, err := Keccak256ToCid(common.Hex2Bytes(key.(string)), stateTrieCodec)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/batch_test.go b/batch_test.go
index 410ba5d..4891776 100644
--- a/batch_test.go
+++ b/batch_test.go
@@ -111,4 +111,4 @@ var _ = Describe("Batch", func() {
 			Expect(size).To(Equal(0))
 		})
 	})
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+})
diff --git a/database.go b/database.go
index 24fe930..5dcc36a 100644
--- a/database.go
+++ b/database.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid/_rsrch/cidiface"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -29,8 +28,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	defaultBatchCapacity = 1024
-	errNotSupported      = errors.New("this operation is not supported")
+	stateTrieCodec       uint64 = 0x96
+	defaultBatchCapacity        = 1024
+	errNotSupported             = errors.New("this operation is not supported")
 )
 
 // Database is the type that satisfies the ethdb.Database and ethdb.KeyValueStore interfaces for IPFS Ethereum data
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func NewDatabase(bs blockservice.BlockService) ethdb.Database {
 // This only operates on the local blockstore not through the exchange
 func (d *Database) Has(key []byte) (bool, error) {
 	// we are using state codec because we don't know the codec and at this level the codec doesn't matter, the datastore key is multihash-only derived
-	c, err := Keccak256ToCid(key, cid.EthStateTrie)
+	c, err := Keccak256ToCid(key, stateTrieCodec)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, err
 	}
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (d *Database) Has(key []byte) (bool, error) {
 // Get retrieves the given key if it's present in the key-value data store
 func (d *Database) Get(key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	// we are using state codec because we don't know the codec and at this level the codec doesn't matter, the datastore key is multihash-only derived
-	c, err := Keccak256ToCid(key, cid.EthStateTrie)
+	c, err := Keccak256ToCid(key, stateTrieCodec)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func (d *Database) Put(key []byte, value []byte) error {
 // Delete removes the key from the key-value data store
 func (d *Database) Delete(key []byte) error {
 	// we are using state codec because we don't know the codec and at this level the codec doesn't matter, the datastore key is multihash-only derived
-	c, err := Keccak256ToCid(key, cid.EthStateTrie)
+	c, err := Keccak256ToCid(key, stateTrieCodec)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/database_test.go b/database_test.go
index 1e87c77..add1e42 100644
--- a/database_test.go
+++ b/database_test.go
@@ -103,4 +103,4 @@ var _ = Describe("Database", func() {
 			Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring("block not found"))
 		})
 	})
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+})
diff --git a/iterator.go b/iterator.go
index 5c247a9..0fba100 100644
--- a/iterator.go
+++ b/iterator.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package ipfsethdb
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid/_rsrch/cidiface"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-blockservice"
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ func (i *Iterator) Key() []byte {
 // and its contents may change on the next call to Next
 func (i *Iterator) Value() []byte {
 	// we are using state codec because we don't know the codec and at this level the codec doesn't matter, the datastore key is multihash-only derived
-	c, err := Keccak256ToCid(i.currentKey, cid.EthStateTrie)
+	c, err := Keccak256ToCid(i.currentKey, stateTrieCodec)
 	if err != nil {
 		i.err = err
 		return nil
diff --git a/suite_test.go b/suite_test.go
index 775bc60..2a02c68 100644
--- a/suite_test.go
+++ b/suite_test.go
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ import (
 func TestIPFSETHDB(t *testing.T) {
 	RegisterFailHandler(Fail)
 	RunSpecs(t, "IPFS ethdb test")
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index f94c015..177a9fa 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func Keccak256ToCid(h []byte, codec uint64) (cid.Cid, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return cid.Cid{}, err
 	}
-	return cid.NewCidV1(codec ,multihash.Multihash(buf)), nil
+	return cid.NewCidV1(codec, multihash.Multihash(buf)), nil
 }
 
 // NewBlock takes a keccak256 hash key and the rlp []byte value it was derived from and creates an ipfs block object