diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index adc3e099..e20ecc71 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -84,15 +84,15 @@ export(vroom_progress)
 export(vroom_str)
 export(vroom_write)
 export(vroom_write_lines)
+import(rlang)
 importFrom(bit64,integer64)
 importFrom(crayon,blue)
 importFrom(crayon,bold)
-importFrom(crayon,col_nchar)
 importFrom(crayon,cyan)
 importFrom(crayon,green)
 importFrom(crayon,reset)
 importFrom(crayon,silver)
-importFrom(glue,double_quote)
+importFrom(glue,glue)
 importFrom(lifecycle,deprecate_warn)
 importFrom(lifecycle,deprecated)
 importFrom(methods,setOldClass)
diff --git a/R/col_types.R b/R/col_types.R
index c7796f46..6fd94d47 100644
--- a/R/col_types.R
+++ b/R/col_types.R
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 #' t3$cols <- c(t1$cols, t2$cols)
 #' t3
 cols <- function(..., .default = col_guess(), .delim = NULL) {
-  col_types <- rlang::list2(...)
+  col_types <- list2(...)
   is_character <- vapply(col_types, is.character, logical(1))
   col_types[is_character] <- lapply(col_types[is_character], col_concise)
 
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ format.col_spec <- function(x, n = Inf, condense = NULL, colour = crayon::has_co
   delim <- x$delim
 
   if (!is.null(delim) && nzchar(delim)) {
-    delim <- paste0('.delim = ', double_quote(delim), '')
+    delim <- paste0('.delim = ', glue::double_quote(delim), '')
   }
 
   cols_args <- c(
@@ -263,11 +263,11 @@ colourise_cols <- function(cols, colourise = crayon::has_color()) {
       col_double = ,
       col_integer = ,
       col_big_integer = ,
-      col_number = crayon::green(cols[[i]]),
+      col_number = green(cols[[i]]),
 
       col_date = ,
       col_datetime = ,
-      col_time = crayon::blue(cols[[i]])
+      col_time = blue(cols[[i]])
       )
   }
   cols
@@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ col_concise <- function(x) {
 }
 
 vroom_enquo <- function(x) {
-  if (rlang::quo_is_call(x, "c") || rlang::quo_is_call(x, "list")) {
-    return(rlang::as_quosures(rlang::get_expr(x)[-1], rlang::get_env(x)))
+  if (quo_is_call(x, "c") || quo_is_call(x, "list")) {
+    return(as_quosures(get_expr(x)[-1], get_env(x)))
   }
   x
 }
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ vroom_select <- function(x, col_select, id) {
   is_null <- vapply(x, is.null, logical(1))
   x[is_null] <- NULL
   # reorder and rename columns
-  if (inherits(col_select, "quosures") || !rlang::quo_is_null(col_select)) {
+  if (inherits(col_select, "quosures") || !quo_is_null(col_select)) {
     if (inherits(col_select, "quosures")) {
       vars <- tidyselect::vars_select(c(names(spec(x)$cols), id), !!!col_select)
     } else {
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ col_types_standardise <- function(spec, num_cols, col_names, col_select, name_re
 
     bad_types <- !(type_names %in% col_names)
     if (any(bad_types)) {
-      rlang::warn(paste0("The following named parsers don't match the column names: ",
+      warn(paste0("The following named parsers don't match the column names: ",
         paste0(type_names[bad_types], collapse = ", ")), class = "vroom_mismatched_column_name")
       spec$cols <- spec$cols[!bad_types]
       type_names <- type_names[!bad_types]
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ col_types_standardise <- function(spec, num_cols, col_names, col_select, name_re
     spec$cols <- spec$cols[col_names]
   }
 
-  if (inherits(col_select, "quosures") || !rlang::quo_is_null(col_select)) {
+  if (inherits(col_select, "quosures") || !quo_is_null(col_select)) {
     if (inherits(col_select, "quosures")) {
       to_keep <- names(spec$cols) %in% tidyselect::vars_select(names(spec$cols), !!!col_select, .strict = FALSE)
     } else {
@@ -535,8 +535,6 @@ collector_value.collector_time <- function(x, ...) { hms::hms() }
 #' @export
 collector_value.collector_guess <- function(x, ...) { character() }
 
-#' @importFrom crayon silver
-#' @importFrom glue double_quote
 #' @export
 summary.col_spec <- function(object, width = getOption("width"), locale = default_locale(), ...) {
   if (length(object$cols) == 0) {
@@ -571,7 +569,7 @@ summary.col_spec <- function(object, width = getOption("width"), locale = defaul
     entries = glue::glue("{format(types)} {counts}: {columns}"),
 
     '
-    {if (nzchar(delim)) paste(bold("Delimiter:"), double_quote(delim)) else ""}
+    {if (nzchar(delim)) paste(bold("Delimiter:"), glue::double_quote(delim)) else ""}
     {entries*}
 
 
@@ -616,10 +614,10 @@ color_type <- function(type) {
     lgl = crayon::yellow(type),
     dbl = ,
     int = ,
-    num = crayon::green(type),
+    num = green(type),
     date = ,
     dttm = ,
-    time = crayon::blue(type),
+    time = blue(type),
     "???" = type
   )
 }
diff --git a/R/generator.R b/R/generator.R
index bbb2f2fb..a7c44f45 100644
--- a/R/generator.R
+++ b/R/generator.R
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ gen_tbl <- function(rows, cols = NULL, col_types = NULL, locale = default_locale
 
   nms <- make_names(names(spec$cols), cols)
 
-  specs <- col_types_standardise(spec, length(nms), nms, vroom_enquo(rlang::quo(NULL)), "unique")
+  specs <- col_types_standardise(spec, length(nms), nms, vroom_enquo(quo(NULL)), "unique")
   res <- vector("list", cols)
   for (i in seq_len(cols)) {
     type <- sub("collector_", "", class(specs$cols[[i]])[[1]])
diff --git a/R/path.R b/R/path.R
index 673b4d07..167b11f3 100644
--- a/R/path.R
+++ b/R/path.R
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ reencode_file <- function(path, encoding) {
 }
 
 # These functions adapted from https://github.com/tidyverse/readr/blob/192cb1ca5c445e359f153d2259391e6d324fd0a2/R/source.R
-standardise_path <- function(path, user_env = rlang::caller_env(2)) {
+standardise_path <- function(path, user_env = caller_env(2)) {
   if (is.raw(path)) {
     return(list(rawConnection(path, "rb")))
   }
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ standardise_one_path <- function (path, write = FALSE) {
     if (requireNamespace("curl", quietly = TRUE)) {
       con <- curl::curl(path)
     } else {
-      rlang::inform("`curl` package not installed, falling back to using `url()`")
+      inform("`curl` package not installed, falling back to using `url()`")
       con <- url(path)
     }
     ext <- tolower(tools::file_ext(path))
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ standardise_one_path <- function (path, write = FALSE) {
     path <- check_path(path)
   }
 
-  if (rlang::is_installed("archive")) {
+  if (is_installed("archive")) {
     formats <- archive_formats(p$extension)
     extension <- p$extension
     while(is.null(formats) && nzchar(extension)) {
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ zipfile <- function(path, open = "r") {
   file <- files$Name[[1]]
 
   if (nrow(files) > 1) {
-    rlang::inform(paste0("Multiple files in zip: reading '", file, "'"))
+    inform(paste0("Multiple files in zip: reading '", file, "'"))
   }
 
   unz(path, file, open = open)
diff --git a/R/vroom-package.R b/R/vroom-package.R
index 90be3c30..218a6d3f 100644
--- a/R/vroom-package.R
+++ b/R/vroom-package.R
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 #' @keywords internal
 #' @aliases vroom-package
+#' @useDynLib vroom, .registration = TRUE
 "_PACKAGE"
 
 ## usethis namespace: start
+#' @import rlang
+#' @importFrom bit64 integer64
+#' @importFrom crayon blue
+#' @importFrom crayon bold
+#' @importFrom crayon cyan
+#' @importFrom crayon green
+#' @importFrom crayon reset
+#' @importFrom crayon silver
+#' @importFrom glue glue
 #' @importFrom lifecycle deprecate_warn
 #' @importFrom lifecycle deprecated
 ## usethis namespace: end
diff --git a/R/vroom.R b/R/vroom.R
index 31d35b08..780da745 100644
--- a/R/vroom.R
+++ b/R/vroom.R
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-#' @useDynLib vroom, .registration = TRUE
-#' @importFrom bit64 integer64
-NULL
-
 #' Read a delimited file into a tibble
 #'
 #' @param file Either a path to a file, a connection, or literal data (either a
@@ -217,7 +213,7 @@ vroom <- function(
     delim <- "\x01"
   }
 
-  if (!rlang::is_missing(altrep_opts)) {
+  if (!is_missing(altrep_opts)) {
     deprecate_warn("1.1.0", "vroom(altrep_opts = )", "vroom(altrep = )")
     altrep <- altrep_opts
   }
@@ -249,7 +245,7 @@ vroom <- function(
     Sys.setenv("RSTUDIO" = "1")
   }
 
-  col_select <- vroom_enquo(rlang::enquo(col_select))
+  col_select <- vroom_enquo(enquo(col_select))
 
   has_col_types <- !is.null(col_types)
 
@@ -331,7 +327,7 @@ make_names <- function(x, len) {
 #' vroom_progress()
 vroom_progress <- function() {
   env_to_logical("VROOM_SHOW_PROGRESS", TRUE) &&
-    rlang::is_interactive() &&
+    is_interactive() &&
     # some analysis re: rstudio.notebook.executing can be found in:
     # https://github.com/r-lib/rlang/issues/1031
     # TL;DR it's not consulted by is_interactive(), but probably should be
@@ -339,7 +335,6 @@ vroom_progress <- function() {
     !isTRUE(getOption("rstudio.notebook.executing"))
 }
 
-#' @importFrom crayon blue cyan green bold reset col_nchar
 pb_file_format <- function(filename) {
 
   # Workaround RStudio bug https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio/issues/4777
@@ -349,7 +344,7 @@ pb_file_format <- function(filename) {
 }
 
 pb_width <- function(format) {
-  ansii_chars <- nchar(format) - col_nchar(format)
+  ansii_chars <- nchar(format) - crayon::col_nchar(format)
   getOption("width", 80L) + ansii_chars
 }
 
diff --git a/R/vroom_fwf.R b/R/vroom_fwf.R
index 15853a86..c60b27a4 100644
--- a/R/vroom_fwf.R
+++ b/R/vroom_fwf.R
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ vroom_fwf <- function(file,
 
   verify_fwf_positions(col_positions)
 
-  if (!rlang::is_missing(altrep_opts)) {
-    lifecycle::deprecate_warn("1.1.0", "vroom_fwf(altrep_opts = )", "vroom_fwf(altrep = )")
+  if (!is_missing(altrep_opts)) {
+    deprecate_warn("1.1.0", "vroom_fwf(altrep_opts = )", "vroom_fwf(altrep = )")
     altrep <- altrep_opts
   }
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ vroom_fwf <- function(file,
     guess_max <- -1
   }
 
-  col_select <- vroom_enquo(rlang::enquo(col_select))
+  col_select <- vroom_enquo(enquo(col_select))
 
   has_col_types <- !is.null(col_types)
 
diff --git a/R/vroom_lines.R b/R/vroom_lines.R
index efb4c96b..0d08d59b 100644
--- a/R/vroom_lines.R
+++ b/R/vroom_lines.R
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ vroom_lines <- function(file, n_max = Inf, skip = 0,
   altrep_opts = deprecated(), num_threads = vroom_threads(),
   progress = vroom_progress()) {
 
-  if (!rlang::is_missing(altrep_opts)) {
-    lifecycle::deprecate_warn("1.1.0", "vroom_lines(altrep_opts = )", "vroom_lines(altrep = )")
+  if (!is_missing(altrep_opts)) {
+    deprecate_warn("1.1.0", "vroom_lines(altrep_opts = )", "vroom_lines(altrep = )")
     altrep <- altrep_opts
   }
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ vroom_lines <- function(file, n_max = Inf, skip = 0,
     return(character())
   }
 
-  col_select <- rlang::quo(NULL)
+  col_select <- quo(NULL)
 
   # delim = "\1" sets the delimiter to be start of header, which should never
   # appear in modern text. This essentially means the only record breaks will
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-problems.R b/tests/testthat/test-problems.R
index 8d459476..6ddd9294 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-problems.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-problems.R
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ test_that("can promote vroom parse warning to error", {
     withCallingHandlers(
       expr = make_warning(),
       vroom_parse_issue = function(cnd) {
-        rlang::abort("oh no")
+        abort("oh no")
       }
     )
   )