diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index de4c36d..2a7812e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2476,7 +2476,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "chacha20",
  "clap",
  "dirs",
- "failure",
  "futures 0.3.17",
  "grin_api 5.2.0-alpha.1 (git+https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin)",
  "grin_chain 5.2.0-alpha.1 (git+https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7a4e3d4..1d704e8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ bytes = "0.5.6"
 chacha20 = "0.8.1"
 clap = { version = "2.33", features = ["yaml"] }
 dirs = "2.0"
-failure = "0.1.8"
 futures = "0.3"
 hmac = { version = "0.12.0", features = ["std"]}
 hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a4facd..0000000
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-use failure::{self, Context, Fail};
-use std::fmt::{self, Display};
-
-/// MWixnet error definition
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Error {
-	inner: Context<ErrorKind>,
-}
-
-pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
-
-/// MWixnet error types
-#[derive(Debug, Fail)]
-pub enum ErrorKind {
-	/// Wallet error
-	#[fail(display = "wallet error: {}", _0)]
-	WalletError(crate::wallet::WalletError),
-	/// Wallet error
-	#[fail(display = "node error: {}", _0)]
-	NodeError(crate::node::NodeError),
-}
-
-impl std::error::Error for Error {}
-
-impl Display for Error {
-	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-		Display::fmt(&self.inner, f)
-	}
-}
-
-impl From<crate::wallet::WalletError> for Error {
-	fn from(e: crate::wallet::WalletError) -> Error {
-		Error {
-			inner: Context::new(ErrorKind::WalletError(e)),
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-impl From<crate::node::NodeError> for Error {
-	fn from(e: crate::node::NodeError) -> Error {
-		Error {
-			inner: Context::new(ErrorKind::NodeError(e)),
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f68e400..681f04d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
 extern crate clap;
 
 mod config;
-mod error;
 mod node;
 mod onion;
 mod rpc;
diff --git a/src/server.rs b/src/server.rs
index 892bfd7..99dc49d 100644
--- a/src/server.rs
+++ b/src/server.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub trait Server: Send + Sync {
 	/// and assemble the coinswap transaction, posting the transaction to the configured node.
 	///
 	/// Currently only a single mix node is used. Milestone 3 will include support for multiple mix nodes.
-	fn execute_round(&self) -> crate::error::Result<()>;
+	fn execute_round(&self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>;
 }
 
 /// The standard MWixnet server implementation
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ impl Server for ServerImpl {
 		Ok(())
 	}
 
-	fn execute_round(&self) -> crate::error::Result<()> {
+	fn execute_round(&self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 		let mut locked_state = self.submissions.lock().unwrap();
 		let next_block_height = self.node.get_chain_height()? + 1;
 
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ pub mod mock {
 			Ok(())
 		}
 
-		fn execute_round(&self) -> crate::error::Result<()> {
+		fn execute_round(&self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
 			Ok(())
 		}
 	}