diff --git a/veilid-cli/src/command_processor.rs b/veilid-cli/src/command_processor.rs
index f015db78..39d91f18 100644
--- a/veilid-cli/src/command_processor.rs
+++ b/veilid-cli/src/command_processor.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 use crate::client_api_connection::*;
 use crate::settings::Settings;
 use crate::ui::*;
-use log::*;
 use std::cell::*;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::rc::Rc;
-use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
+use std::time::SystemTime;
 use veilid_core::tools::*;
 use veilid_core::*;
 
@@ -365,7 +364,7 @@ reply               - reply to an AppCall not handled directly by the server
                 debug!("Connection lost, retrying in 2 seconds");
                 {
                     let waker = self.inner_mut().connection_waker.instance_clone(());
-                    let _ = timeout(Duration::from_millis(2000), waker).await;
+                    let _ = timeout(2000, waker).await;
                 }
                 self.inner_mut().connection_waker.reset();
                 first = false;
diff --git a/veilid-cli/src/main.rs b/veilid-cli/src/main.rs
index 13692b14..9239478f 100644
--- a/veilid-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/veilid-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #![deny(unused_must_use)]
 #![recursion_limit = "256"]
 
+use crate::tools::*;
 use veilid_core::tools::*;
 
 use clap::{Arg, ColorChoice, Command};
diff --git a/veilid-cli/src/tools.rs b/veilid-cli/src/tools.rs
index 6202d490..bf58d24c 100644
--- a/veilid-cli/src/tools.rs
+++ b/veilid-cli/src/tools.rs
@@ -3,22 +3,12 @@ use core::future::Future;
 
 cfg_if! {
     if #[cfg(feature="rt-async-std")] {
-        pub use async_std::task::JoinHandle;
         pub use async_std::net::TcpStream;
-        pub use async_std::future::TimeoutError;
-
-        pub use async_std::task::sleep;
-        pub use async_std::future::timeout;
         pub fn block_on<F: Future<Output = T>, T>(f: F) -> T {
             async_std::task::block_on(f)
         }
     } else if #[cfg(feature="rt-tokio")] {
-        pub use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
         pub use tokio::net::TcpStream;
-        pub use tokio::time::error::Elapsed as TimeoutError;
-
-        pub use tokio::time::sleep;
-        pub use tokio::time::timeout;
         pub fn block_on<F: Future<Output = T>, T>(f: F) -> T {
             let rt = tokio::runtime::Runtime::new().unwrap();
             let local = tokio::task::LocalSet::new();