diff --git a/lib/sqlite3.js b/lib/sqlite3.js
index e3a570c50..690b6d842 100644
--- a/lib/sqlite3.js
+++ b/lib/sqlite3.js
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-var binary = require('node-pre-gyp');
 var path = require('path');
-var binding_path = binary.find(path.resolve(path.join(__dirname,'../package.json')));
-var binding = require(binding_path);
-var sqlite3 = module.exports = exports = binding;
+var sqlite3 = module.exports = exports = require('bindings')('node_sqlite3.node');
 var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
 
 function normalizeMethod (fn) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e91a222fc..6fd79d82e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@
   ],
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "git://github.com/mapbox/node-sqlite3.git"
+    "url": "git://github.com/farfromrefug/node-sqlite3.git"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "bindings": "^1.3.0",
     "nan": "~2.10.0",
-    "node-pre-gyp": "^0.10.3",
-    "request": "^2.87.0"
+    "node-pre-gyp": "^0.10.3"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@mapbox/cloudfriend": "^1.9.0",