diff --git a/crates/ruma-common/Cargo.toml b/crates/ruma-common/Cargo.toml
index 3cd2ad14..ebf052d3 100644
--- a/crates/ruma-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ruma-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,9 +27,7 @@ compat = ["ruma-macros/compat", "ruma-identifiers-validation/compat"]
 events = ["dep:thiserror"]
 js = ["dep:js-sys", "getrandom?/js", "uuid?/js"]
 markdown = ["pulldown-cmark"]
-# Dependency should not be renamed, but if it isn't, trybuild breaks:
-# https://github.com/dtolnay/trybuild/issues/171
-rand = ["dep:rand_crate", "dep:uuid"]
+rand = ["dep:rand", "dep:uuid"]
 unstable-exhaustive-types = []
 unstable-msc1767 = []
 unstable-msc2448 = []
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@ js_option = "0.1.0"
 percent-encoding = "2.1.0"
 phf = { version = "0.10.1", features = ["macros"], optional = true }
 pulldown-cmark = { version = "0.9.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
-rand_crate = { package = "rand", version = "0.8.3", optional = true }
+rand = { version = "0.8.3", optional = true }
 regex = { version = "1.5.6", default-features = false, features = ["std", "perf"] }
 ruma-identifiers-validation = { version = "0.9.0", path = "../ruma-identifiers-validation", default-features = false }
 ruma-macros = { version = "0.10.3", path = "../ruma-macros" }
diff --git a/crates/ruma-common/src/lib.rs b/crates/ruma-common/src/lib.rs
index 4ef84a42..98ce6bf3 100644
--- a/crates/ruma-common/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ruma-common/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ compile_error!(
     "ruma_common's `client` and `server` Cargo features only exist as a workaround are not meant to be disabled"
 );
 
-// Renamed in `Cargo.toml` so we can features with the same name as the package.
-// Rename them back here because the `Cargo.toml` names are ugly.
-#[cfg(feature = "rand")]
-extern crate rand_crate as rand;
-
 // Hack to allow both ruma-common itself and external crates (or tests) to use procedural macros
 // that expect `ruma_common` to exist in the prelude.
 extern crate self as ruma_common;