diff --git a/proxmox/Cargo.toml b/proxmox/Cargo.toml
index 67fa98af..303e4f45 100644
--- a/proxmox/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxmox/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 [package]
 name = "proxmox"
 edition = "2018"
-version = "0.13.5"
+version = "0.14.0"
 authors = [
     "Dietmar Maurer <dietmar@proxmox.com>",
     "Wolfgang Bumiller <w.bumiller@proxmox.com>",
 ]
 license = "AGPL-3"
-description = "Proxmox library"
+description = "Generic Proxmox library"
 
 exclude = [ "debian" ]
 
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ tokio = { version = "1.0", features = [], optional = true }
 # Macro crates:
 proxmox-sortable-macro = { path = "../proxmox-sortable-macro", optional = true, version = "0.1.1" }
 
+proxmox-io = { path = "../proxmox-io", version = "1.0.0" }
+proxmox-lang = { path = "../proxmox-lang", version = "1.0.0" }
+proxmox-schema = { path = "../proxmox-schema", version = "1.0.0" }
+proxmox-time = { path = "../proxmox-time", version = "1.0.0" }
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tokio = "1.0"
+
 [features]
 default = []
 sortable-macro = ["proxmox-sortable-macro"]
diff --git a/proxmox/debian/changelog b/proxmox/debian/changelog
index 2c93505d..b7495f6b 100644
--- a/proxmox/debian/changelog
+++ b/proxmox/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+rust-proxmox (0.14.0-1) stable; urgency=medium
+
+  * remove several modules moved into their own crates:
+    - borrow
+    - io
+    - lang
+    - router
+    - schema
+    - section-config
+    - tfa
+    - time
+    - uuid
+
+ -- Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>  Fri, 08 Oct 2021 08:37:11 +0200
+
 rust-proxmox (0.13.5-1) stable; urgency=medium
 
   * ParameterError: record parameter names
diff --git a/proxmox/debian/control b/proxmox/debian/control
index c5a78ae9..2d560d0b 100644
--- a/proxmox/debian/control
+++ b/proxmox/debian/control
@@ -7,32 +7,21 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 12),
  rustc:native <!nocheck>,
  libstd-rust-dev <!nocheck>,
  librust-anyhow-1+default-dev <!nocheck>,
- librust-base32-0.4+default-dev <!nocheck>,
  librust-base64-0.12+default-dev <!nocheck>,
- librust-bytes-1+default-dev <!nocheck>,
  librust-endian-trait-0.6+arrays-dev <!nocheck>,
  librust-endian-trait-0.6+default-dev <!nocheck>,
- librust-futures-0.3+default-dev <!nocheck>,
- librust-http-0.2+default-dev <!nocheck>,
- librust-hyper-0.14+default-dev <!nocheck>,
- librust-hyper-0.14+full-dev <!nocheck>,
  librust-lazy-static-1+default-dev (>= 1.4-~~) <!nocheck>,
  librust-libc-0.2+default-dev <!nocheck>,
  librust-nix-0.19+default-dev (>= 0.19.1-~~) <!nocheck>,
- librust-openssl-0.10+default-dev <!nocheck>,
- librust-percent-encoding-2+default-dev (>= 2.1-~~) <!nocheck>,
+ librust-proxmox-io-1+default-dev <!nocheck>,
+ librust-proxmox-lang-1+default-dev <!nocheck>,
+ librust-proxmox-schema-1+default-dev <!nocheck>,
+ librust-proxmox-time-1+default-dev <!nocheck>,
  librust-regex-1+default-dev (>= 1.2-~~) <!nocheck>,
- librust-rustyline-7+default-dev <!nocheck>,
  librust-serde-1+default-dev <!nocheck>,
  librust-serde-1+derive-dev <!nocheck>,
  librust-serde-json-1+default-dev <!nocheck>,
- librust-textwrap-0.11+default-dev <!nocheck>,
- librust-tokio-1+default-dev <!nocheck>,
  librust-unicode-width-0.1+default-dev (>= 0.1.8-~~) <!nocheck>,
- librust-url-2+default-dev (>= 2.1-~~) <!nocheck>,
- uuid-dev <!nocheck>,
- uuid-dev <!nocheck>,
- uuid-dev <!nocheck>,
  uuid-dev <!nocheck>
 Maintainer: Proxmox Support Team <support@proxmox.com>
 Standards-Version: 4.5.1
@@ -47,195 +36,36 @@ Depends:
  ${misc:Depends},
  librust-anyhow-1+default-dev,
  librust-base64-0.12+default-dev,
- librust-bytes-1+default-dev,
  librust-endian-trait-0.6+arrays-dev,
  librust-endian-trait-0.6+default-dev,
- librust-http-0.2+default-dev,
  librust-lazy-static-1+default-dev (>= 1.4-~~),
  librust-libc-0.2+default-dev,
  librust-nix-0.19+default-dev (>= 0.19.1-~~),
- librust-percent-encoding-2+default-dev (>= 2.1-~~),
+ librust-proxmox-io-1+default-dev,
+ librust-proxmox-lang-1+default-dev,
+ librust-proxmox-schema-1+default-dev,
+ librust-proxmox-time-1+default-dev,
  librust-regex-1+default-dev (>= 1.2-~~),
- librust-rustyline-7+default-dev,
  librust-serde-1+default-dev,
  librust-serde-1+derive-dev,
  librust-serde-json-1+default-dev,
- librust-textwrap-0.11+default-dev,
  librust-unicode-width-0.1+default-dev (>= 0.1.8-~~),
- librust-url-2+default-dev (>= 2.1-~~),
  uuid-dev
-Recommends:
- librust-proxmox+default-dev (= ${binary:Version})
 Suggests:
- librust-proxmox+api-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox+base32-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox+cli-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox+examples-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox+futures-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox+hyper-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox+openssl-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
  librust-proxmox+proxmox-sortable-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox+router-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox+tokio-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox+tokio-stream-dev (= ${binary:Version})
+ librust-proxmox+tokio-dev (= ${binary:Version})
 Provides:
- librust-proxmox+test-harness-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-proxmox+default-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
  librust-proxmox-0-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0+test-harness-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+test-harness-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+test-harness-dev (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Proxmox library - Rust source code
+ librust-proxmox-0+default-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-proxmox-0.14-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-proxmox-0.14+default-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-proxmox-0.14.0-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-proxmox-0.14.0+default-dev (= ${binary:Version})
+Description: Generic Proxmox library - Rust source code
  This package contains the source for the Rust proxmox crate, packaged by
  debcargo for use with cargo and dh-cargo.
 
-Package: librust-proxmox+api-macro-dev
-Architecture: any
-Multi-Arch: same
-Depends:
- ${misc:Depends},
- librust-proxmox-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-api-macro-0.5+default-dev (>= 0.5.1-~~)
-Provides:
- librust-proxmox+proxmox-api-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0+api-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0+proxmox-api-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+api-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+proxmox-api-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+api-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+proxmox-api-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Proxmox library - feature "api-macro" and 1 more
- This metapackage enables feature "api-macro" for the Rust proxmox crate, by
- pulling in any additional dependencies needed by that feature.
- .
- Additionally, this package also provides the "proxmox-api-macro" feature.
-
-Package: librust-proxmox+base32-dev
-Architecture: any
-Multi-Arch: same
-Depends:
- ${misc:Depends},
- librust-proxmox-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-base32-0.4+default-dev
-Provides:
- librust-proxmox+u2f-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0+base32-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0+u2f-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+base32-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+u2f-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+base32-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+u2f-dev (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Proxmox library - feature "base32" and 1 more
- This metapackage enables feature "base32" for the Rust proxmox crate, by
- pulling in any additional dependencies needed by that feature.
- .
- Additionally, this package also provides the "u2f" feature.
-
-Package: librust-proxmox+cli-dev
-Architecture: any
-Multi-Arch: same
-Depends:
- ${misc:Depends},
- librust-proxmox-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox+router-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-hyper-0.14+default-dev,
- librust-hyper-0.14+full-dev,
- librust-tokio-1+default-dev
-Provides:
- librust-proxmox-0+cli-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+cli-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+cli-dev (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Proxmox library - feature "cli"
- This metapackage enables feature "cli" for the Rust proxmox crate, by pulling
- in any additional dependencies needed by that feature.
-
-Package: librust-proxmox+default-dev
-Architecture: any
-Multi-Arch: same
-Depends:
- ${misc:Depends},
- librust-proxmox-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox+cli-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox+router-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox+tfa-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox+u2f-dev (= ${binary:Version})
-Provides:
- librust-proxmox-0+default-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+default-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+default-dev (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Proxmox library - feature "default"
- This metapackage enables feature "default" for the Rust proxmox crate, by
- pulling in any additional dependencies needed by that feature.
-
-Package: librust-proxmox+examples-dev
-Architecture: any
-Multi-Arch: same
-Depends:
- ${misc:Depends},
- librust-proxmox-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox+u2f-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-tokio-1+macros-dev
-Provides:
- librust-proxmox-0+examples-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+examples-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+examples-dev (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Proxmox library - feature "examples"
- This metapackage enables feature "examples" for the Rust proxmox crate, by
- pulling in any additional dependencies needed by that feature.
-
-Package: librust-proxmox+futures-dev
-Architecture: any
-Multi-Arch: same
-Depends:
- ${misc:Depends},
- librust-proxmox-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-futures-0.3+default-dev
-Provides:
- librust-proxmox-0+futures-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+futures-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+futures-dev (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Proxmox library - feature "futures"
- This metapackage enables feature "futures" for the Rust proxmox crate, by
- pulling in any additional dependencies needed by that feature.
-
-Package: librust-proxmox+hyper-dev
-Architecture: any
-Multi-Arch: same
-Depends:
- ${misc:Depends},
- librust-proxmox-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-hyper-0.14+default-dev,
- librust-hyper-0.14+full-dev
-Provides:
- librust-proxmox-0+hyper-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+hyper-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+hyper-dev (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Proxmox library - feature "hyper"
- This metapackage enables feature "hyper" for the Rust proxmox crate, by pulling
- in any additional dependencies needed by that feature.
-
-Package: librust-proxmox+openssl-dev
-Architecture: any
-Multi-Arch: same
-Depends:
- ${misc:Depends},
- librust-proxmox-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-openssl-0.10+default-dev
-Provides:
- librust-proxmox+tfa-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0+openssl-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0+tfa-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+openssl-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+tfa-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+openssl-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+tfa-dev (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Proxmox library - feature "openssl" and 1 more
- This metapackage enables feature "openssl" for the Rust proxmox crate, by
- pulling in any additional dependencies needed by that feature.
- .
- Additionally, this package also provides the "tfa" feature.
-
 Package: librust-proxmox+proxmox-sortable-macro-dev
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
@@ -247,34 +77,16 @@ Provides:
  librust-proxmox+sortable-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
  librust-proxmox-0+proxmox-sortable-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
  librust-proxmox-0+sortable-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+proxmox-sortable-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+sortable-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+proxmox-sortable-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+sortable-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Proxmox library - feature "proxmox-sortable-macro" and 1 more
+ librust-proxmox-0.14+proxmox-sortable-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-proxmox-0.14+sortable-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-proxmox-0.14.0+proxmox-sortable-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-proxmox-0.14.0+sortable-macro-dev (= ${binary:Version})
+Description: Generic Proxmox library - feature "proxmox-sortable-macro" and 1 more
  This metapackage enables feature "proxmox-sortable-macro" for the Rust proxmox
  crate, by pulling in any additional dependencies needed by that feature.
  .
  Additionally, this package also provides the "sortable-macro" feature.
 
-Package: librust-proxmox+router-dev
-Architecture: any
-Multi-Arch: same
-Depends:
- ${misc:Depends},
- librust-proxmox-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-futures-0.3+default-dev,
- librust-hyper-0.14+default-dev,
- librust-hyper-0.14+full-dev,
- librust-tokio-1+default-dev
-Provides:
- librust-proxmox-0+router-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+router-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+router-dev (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Proxmox library - feature "router"
- This metapackage enables feature "router" for the Rust proxmox crate, by
- pulling in any additional dependencies needed by that feature.
-
 Package: librust-proxmox+tokio-dev
 Architecture: any
 Multi-Arch: same
@@ -284,23 +96,8 @@ Depends:
  librust-tokio-1+default-dev
 Provides:
  librust-proxmox-0+tokio-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+tokio-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+tokio-dev (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Proxmox library - feature "tokio"
+ librust-proxmox-0.14+tokio-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
+ librust-proxmox-0.14.0+tokio-dev (= ${binary:Version})
+Description: Generic Proxmox library - feature "tokio"
  This metapackage enables feature "tokio" for the Rust proxmox crate, by pulling
  in any additional dependencies needed by that feature.
-
-Package: librust-proxmox+tokio-stream-dev
-Architecture: any
-Multi-Arch: same
-Depends:
- ${misc:Depends},
- librust-proxmox-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-tokio-stream-0.1+default-dev (>= 0.1.1-~~)
-Provides:
- librust-proxmox-0+tokio-stream-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13+tokio-stream-dev (= ${binary:Version}),
- librust-proxmox-0.13.5+tokio-stream-dev (= ${binary:Version})
-Description: Proxmox library - feature "tokio-stream"
- This metapackage enables feature "tokio-stream" for the Rust proxmox crate, by
- pulling in any additional dependencies needed by that feature.
diff --git a/proxmox/src/lib.rs b/proxmox/src/lib.rs
index 8d6bcfcf..88bdbc01 100644
--- a/proxmox/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxmox/src/lib.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ pub mod serde_macros;
 pub mod sys;
 pub mod tools;
 
-#[cfg(test)]
-pub mod test;
-
 /// An identity (nop) macro. Used by the `#[sortable]` proc macro.
 #[cfg(feature = "sortable-macro")]
 #[macro_export]
diff --git a/proxmox/src/sys/linux/mod.rs b/proxmox/src/sys/linux/mod.rs
index ccd710c9..311c9d56 100644
--- a/proxmox/src/sys/linux/mod.rs
+++ b/proxmox/src/sys/linux/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 use anyhow::*;
 
+use proxmox_io::vec;
+
 pub mod magic;
 pub mod pid;
 pub mod procfs;
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ pub mod tty;
 
 /// Get pseudo random data (/dev/urandom)
 pub fn random_data(size: usize) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error> {
-    let mut buffer = crate::tools::vec::undefined(size);
+    let mut buffer = vec::undefined(size);
     fill_with_random_data(&mut buffer)?;
 
     Ok(buffer)
diff --git a/proxmox/src/sys/linux/pid.rs b/proxmox/src/sys/linux/pid.rs
index 534a3c28..3e4a256a 100644
--- a/proxmox/src/sys/linux/pid.rs
+++ b/proxmox/src/sys/linux/pid.rs
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ use nix::sys::stat::Mode;
 use nix::unistd::Pid;
 use nix::NixPath;
 
+use proxmox_lang::c_str;
+
 use crate::sys::error::{io_err_other, SysResult};
 use crate::sys::linux::procfs::{MountInfo, PidStat};
 use crate::tools::fd::Fd;
-use crate::{c_result, c_str, c_try};
+use crate::{c_result, c_try};
 
 /// asm-generic pidfd_open syscall number
 #[allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
diff --git a/proxmox/src/sys/linux/tty.rs b/proxmox/src/sys/linux/tty.rs
index ee8ad577..0b4a3c14 100644
--- a/proxmox/src/sys/linux/tty.rs
+++ b/proxmox/src/sys/linux/tty.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ use anyhow::*;
 use nix::fcntl::OFlag;
 use nix::sys::stat::Mode;
 
+use proxmox_lang::try_block;
+
+use crate::c_try;
 use crate::sys::error::SysError;
 use crate::tools::fd::Fd;
-use crate::{c_try, try_block};
 
 /// Get the current size of the terminal (for stdout).
 /// # Safety
diff --git a/proxmox/src/test/io.rs b/proxmox/src/test/io.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e4a2782..00000000
--- a/proxmox/src/test/io.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-use std::pin::Pin;
-use std::task::{Context, Poll};
-
-use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncSeek, AsyncWrite, ReadBuf};
-
-pub struct AsyncBlockingReader<R> {
-    inner: R,
-}
-
-impl<W> AsyncBlockingReader<W> {
-    pub fn new(inner: W) -> Self {
-        Self { inner }
-    }
-
-    pub fn inner(&self) -> &W {
-        &self.inner
-    }
-}
-
-pub struct AsyncBlockingWriter<W> {
-    inner: W,
-    seek_pos: u64,
-}
-
-impl<W> AsyncBlockingWriter<W> {
-    pub fn new(inner: W) -> Self {
-        Self { inner, seek_pos: 0 }
-    }
-
-    pub fn inner(&self) -> &W {
-        &self.inner
-    }
-}
-
-impl<R: std::io::Read + Unpin> AsyncRead for AsyncBlockingReader<R> {
-    fn poll_read(
-        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
-        _cx: &mut Context<'_>,
-        buf: &mut ReadBuf<'_>,
-    ) -> Poll<std::io::Result<()>> {
-        let this = Pin::get_mut(self);
-        let mut read_buf = buf.initialize_unfilled();
-        Poll::Ready(match this.inner.read(&mut read_buf) {
-            Ok(len) => {
-                buf.advance(len);
-                Ok(())
-            }
-            Err(err) => Err(err),
-        })
-    }
-}
-
-impl<R: std::io::Write + Unpin> AsyncWrite for AsyncBlockingWriter<R> {
-    fn poll_write(
-        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
-        _cx: &mut Context<'_>,
-        buf: &[u8],
-    ) -> Poll<std::io::Result<usize>> {
-        let this = Pin::get_mut(self);
-        Poll::Ready(match this.inner.write(buf) {
-            Ok(len) => Ok(len),
-            Err(err) => Err(err),
-        })
-    }
-
-    fn poll_flush(self: Pin<&mut Self>, _cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<std::io::Result<()>> {
-        let this = Pin::get_mut(self);
-        Poll::Ready(this.inner.flush())
-    }
-
-    fn poll_shutdown(self: Pin<&mut Self>, _cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<std::io::Result<()>> {
-        Poll::Ready(Ok(()))
-    }
-}
-
-impl<R: std::io::Seek + Unpin> AsyncSeek for AsyncBlockingWriter<R> {
-    fn start_seek(self: Pin<&mut Self>, position: std::io::SeekFrom) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-        let this = Pin::get_mut(self);
-        this.seek_pos = this.inner.seek(position)?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
-    fn poll_complete(self: Pin<&mut Self>, _cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<std::io::Result<u64>> {
-        let this = Pin::get_mut(self);
-        Poll::Ready(Ok(this.seek_pos))
-    }
-}
diff --git a/proxmox/src/test/mod.rs b/proxmox/src/test/mod.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5883d5ef..00000000
--- a/proxmox/src/test/mod.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-pub mod io;
-pub mod task;
-mod schema;
-mod schema_verification;
diff --git a/proxmox/src/test/task.rs b/proxmox/src/test/task.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 62c22f39..00000000
--- a/proxmox/src/test/task.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-use std::future::Future;
-use std::pin::Pin;
-use std::task::{Context, Poll};
-
-pub fn poll_result_once<T, R>(mut fut: T) -> std::io::Result<R>
-where
-    T: Future<Output = std::io::Result<R>>,
-{
-    let waker = std::task::RawWaker::new(std::ptr::null(), &WAKER_VTABLE);
-    let waker = unsafe { std::task::Waker::from_raw(waker) };
-    let mut cx = Context::from_waker(&waker);
-    unsafe {
-        match Pin::new_unchecked(&mut fut).poll(&mut cx) {
-            Poll::Pending => Err(crate::sys::error::io_err_other(
-                "got Poll::Pending synchronous context",
-            )),
-            Poll::Ready(r) => r,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-const WAKER_VTABLE: std::task::RawWakerVTable =
-    std::task::RawWakerVTable::new(forbid_clone, forbid_wake, forbid_wake, ignore_drop);
-
-unsafe fn forbid_clone(_: *const ()) -> std::task::RawWaker {
-    panic!("tried to clone waker for synchronous task");
-}
-
-unsafe fn forbid_wake(_: *const ()) {
-    panic!("tried to wake synchronous task");
-}
-unsafe fn ignore_drop(_: *const ()) {}
diff --git a/proxmox/src/tools/email.rs b/proxmox/src/tools/email.rs
index 895d2b64..fcdf043a 100644
--- a/proxmox/src/tools/email.rs
+++ b/proxmox/src/tools/email.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 //! Email related utilities.
 
-use crate::tools::time::epoch_i64;
-use anyhow::{bail, Error};
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
 
+use anyhow::{bail, Error};
+
 /// Sends multi-part mail with text and/or html to a list of recipients
 ///
 /// ``sendmail`` is used for sending the mail.
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub fn sendmail(
     let recipients = mailto.join(",");
     let author = author.unwrap_or("Proxmox Backup Server");
 
-    let now = epoch_i64();
+    let now = proxmox_time::epoch_i64();
 
     let mut sendmail_process = match Command::new("/usr/sbin/sendmail")
         .arg("-B")
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ pub fn sendmail(
     }
     body.push_str(&format!("From: {} <{}>\n", author, mailfrom));
     body.push_str(&format!("To: {}\n", &recipients));
-    let localtime = crate::tools::time::localtime(now)?;
-    let rfc2822_date = crate::tools::time::strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %T %z", &localtime)?;
+    let localtime = proxmox_time::localtime(now)?;
+    let rfc2822_date = proxmox_time::strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %T %z", &localtime)?;
     body.push_str(&format!("Date: {}\n", rfc2822_date));
     if is_multipart {
         body.push('\n');
diff --git a/proxmox/src/tools/fs.rs b/proxmox/src/tools/fs.rs
index 9d01aae1..19e549d6 100644
--- a/proxmox/src/tools/fs.rs
+++ b/proxmox/src/tools/fs.rs
@@ -15,10 +15,11 @@ use nix::unistd::{self, Gid, Uid};
 use nix::NixPath;
 use serde_json::Value;
 
+use proxmox_lang::try_block;
+
 use crate::sys::error::{SysError, SysResult};
 use crate::sys::timer;
 use crate::tools::fd::Fd;
-use crate::try_block;
 
 /// Read the entire contents of a file into a bytes vector
 ///
diff --git a/proxmox/src/tools/mod.rs b/proxmox/src/tools/mod.rs
index 0ab8aed3..76b76d0a 100644
--- a/proxmox/src/tools/mod.rs
+++ b/proxmox/src/tools/mod.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 use std::fmt;
 
-use anyhow::*;
+use anyhow::{bail, Error};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 
+use proxmox_io::vec;
+
 pub mod common_regex;
 pub mod email;
 pub mod fd;
diff --git a/proxmox/src/tools/serde.rs b/proxmox/src/tools/serde.rs
index 332774bd..6da63f61 100644
--- a/proxmox/src/tools/serde.rs
+++ b/proxmox/src/tools/serde.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub mod epoch_as_rfc3339 {
         S: Serializer,
     {
         use serde::ser::Error;
-        let s = crate::tools::time::epoch_to_rfc3339(*epoch)
+        let s = proxmox_time::epoch_to_rfc3339(*epoch)
             .map_err(|err| Error::custom(err.to_string()))?;
 
         serializer.serialize_str(&s)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pub mod epoch_as_rfc3339 {
     {
         use serde::de::Error;
         String::deserialize(deserializer).and_then(|string| {
-            crate::tools::time::parse_rfc3339(&string).map_err(|err| Error::custom(err.to_string()))
+            proxmox_time::parse_rfc3339(&string).map_err(|err| Error::custom(err.to_string()))
         })
     }
 }