diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c22009d6..20306b84 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -594,11 +594,9 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "nac3artiq"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "inkwell",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
  "nac3core",
  "nac3ld",
- "nac3parser",
  "parking_lot",
  "pyo3",
  "tempfile",
@@ -661,9 +659,7 @@ name = "nac3standalone"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
- "inkwell",
  "nac3core",
- "nac3parser",
  "parking_lot",
 ]
 
diff --git a/nac3artiq/Cargo.toml b/nac3artiq/Cargo.toml
index e0803319..4e0dd086 100644
--- a/nac3artiq/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nac3artiq/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,15 +13,9 @@ itertools = "0.13"
 pyo3 = { version = "0.21", features = ["extension-module", "gil-refs"] }
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 tempfile = "3.10"
-nac3parser = { path = "../nac3parser" }
 nac3core = { path = "../nac3core" }
 nac3ld = { path = "../nac3ld" }
 
-[dependencies.inkwell]
-version = "0.4"
-default-features = false
-features = ["llvm14-0", "target-x86", "target-arm", "target-riscv", "no-libffi-linking"]
-
 [features]
 init-llvm-profile = []
 no-escape-analysis = ["nac3core/no-escape-analysis"]
diff --git a/nac3artiq/src/codegen.rs b/nac3artiq/src/codegen.rs
index 4d4b4f19..85a5d3e0 100644
--- a/nac3artiq/src/codegen.rs
+++ b/nac3artiq/src/codegen.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ use nac3core::{
     typecheck::typedef::{iter_type_vars, FunSignature, FuncArg, Type, TypeEnum, VarMap},
 };
 
-use nac3parser::ast::{Expr, ExprKind, Located, Stmt, StmtKind, StrRef};
+use nac3core::nac3parser::ast::{Expr, ExprKind, Located, Stmt, StmtKind, StrRef};
 
-use inkwell::{
+use nac3core::inkwell::{
     context::Context,
     module::Linkage,
     types::{BasicType, IntType},
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ use pyo3::{
 
 use crate::{symbol_resolver::InnerResolver, timeline::TimeFns};
 
-use inkwell::values::IntValue;
+use nac3core::inkwell::values::IntValue;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 use std::{
     collections::{hash_map::DefaultHasher, HashMap},
diff --git a/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs b/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs
index 93ebbbdc..eb203e83 100644
--- a/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ use std::process::Command;
 use std::rc::Rc;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use inkwell::{
+use nac3core::inkwell::{
     context::Context,
     memory_buffer::MemoryBuffer,
     module::{Linkage, Module},
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ use itertools::Itertools;
 use nac3core::codegen::{gen_func_impl, CodeGenLLVMOptions, CodeGenTargetMachineOptions};
 use nac3core::toplevel::builtins::get_exn_constructor;
 use nac3core::typecheck::typedef::{into_var_map, TypeEnum, Unifier, VarMap};
-use nac3parser::{
+use nac3core::nac3parser::{
     ast::{ExprKind, Stmt, StmtKind, StrRef},
     parser::parse_program,
 };
diff --git a/nac3artiq/src/symbol_resolver.rs b/nac3artiq/src/symbol_resolver.rs
index 787cb8bb..0ed532a7 100644
--- a/nac3artiq/src/symbol_resolver.rs
+++ b/nac3artiq/src/symbol_resolver.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use crate::PrimitivePythonId;
-use inkwell::{
+use nac3core::inkwell::{
     module::Linkage,
     types::{BasicType, BasicTypeEnum},
     values::BasicValueEnum,
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use nac3core::{
         typedef::{into_var_map, iter_type_vars, Type, TypeEnum, TypeVar, Unifier, VarMap},
     },
 };
-use nac3parser::ast::{self, StrRef};
+use nac3core::nac3parser::ast::{self, StrRef};
 use parking_lot::RwLock;
 use pyo3::{
     types::{PyDict, PyTuple},
diff --git a/nac3artiq/src/timeline.rs b/nac3artiq/src/timeline.rs
index 97e220bb..01b11015 100644
--- a/nac3artiq/src/timeline.rs
+++ b/nac3artiq/src/timeline.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use inkwell::{
+use nac3core::inkwell::{
     values::{BasicValueEnum, CallSiteValue},
     AddressSpace, AtomicOrdering,
 };
diff --git a/nac3core/src/lib.rs b/nac3core/src/lib.rs
index 4ffd60b1..a7e20aab 100644
--- a/nac3core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nac3core/src/lib.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
     clippy::wildcard_imports
 )]
 
+// users of nac3core need to use the same version of these dependencies, so expose them as nac3core::*
+pub use inkwell;
+pub use nac3parser;
+
 pub mod codegen;
 pub mod symbol_resolver;
 pub mod toplevel;
diff --git a/nac3standalone/Cargo.toml b/nac3standalone/Cargo.toml
index 4d43a763..43bc5b0f 100644
--- a/nac3standalone/Cargo.toml
+++ b/nac3standalone/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,14 +9,8 @@ no-escape-analysis = ["nac3core/no-escape-analysis"]
 
 [dependencies]
 parking_lot = "0.12"
-nac3parser = { path = "../nac3parser" }
 nac3core = { path = "../nac3core" }
 
 [dependencies.clap]
 version = "4.5"
 features = ["derive"]
-
-[dependencies.inkwell]
-version = "0.4"
-default-features = false
-features = ["llvm14-0", "target-x86", "target-arm", "target-riscv", "no-libffi-linking"]
diff --git a/nac3standalone/src/basic_symbol_resolver.rs b/nac3standalone/src/basic_symbol_resolver.rs
index 3dbf0a0e..94f0328a 100644
--- a/nac3standalone/src/basic_symbol_resolver.rs
+++ b/nac3standalone/src/basic_symbol_resolver.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use nac3core::{
         typedef::{Type, Unifier},
     },
 };
-use nac3parser::ast::{self, StrRef};
+use nac3core::nac3parser::ast::{self, StrRef};
 use parking_lot::{Mutex, RwLock};
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
diff --git a/nac3standalone/src/main.rs b/nac3standalone/src/main.rs
index ae27508a..877542cc 100644
--- a/nac3standalone/src/main.rs
+++ b/nac3standalone/src/main.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 #![allow(clippy::too_many_lines, clippy::wildcard_imports)]
 
 use clap::Parser;
-use inkwell::context::Context;
-use inkwell::{
+use nac3core::inkwell::context::Context;
+use nac3core::inkwell::{
     memory_buffer::MemoryBuffer, passes::PassBuilderOptions, support::is_multithreaded, targets::*,
     OptimizationLevel,
 };
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use nac3core::{
         typedef::{FunSignature, Type, Unifier, VarMap},
     },
 };
-use nac3parser::{
+use nac3core::nac3parser::{
     ast::{Constant, Expr, ExprKind, StmtKind, StrRef},
     parser,
 };