diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3091d25..055e93c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ keywords = ["file", "dialog", "ui"]
 build = "build.rs"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-gcc = "0.3"
+cc = "1.0.79"
 
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 5d0e092..942f70f 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -20,18 +20,18 @@ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 THE SOFTWARE.
 */
 
-extern crate gcc;
+extern crate cc;
 use std::env;
 use std::process::Command;
 
 macro_rules! nfd {
     ($suf:expr) => {
-        concat!("nativefiledialog/src/", $suf);
+        concat!("nativefiledialog/src/", $suf)
     };
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    let mut cfg = gcc::Config::new();
+    let mut cfg = cc::Build::new();
     let env = env::var("TARGET").unwrap();
 
     cfg.include(nfd!("include"));
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 7e53a89..f100341 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -20,15 +20,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for NFDError {
     }
 }
 
-impl Error for NFDError {
-    fn description(&self) -> &str {
-        match *self {
-            NFDError::NulError(ref err) => err.description(),
-            NFDError::Error(ref err) => err,
-            NFDError::Utf8Error(ref err) => err.description(),
-        }
-    }
-}
+impl Error for NFDError {}
 
 impl From<ffi::NulError> for NFDError {
     fn from(err: ffi::NulError) -> NFDError {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1ef51e0..0d1ef62 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ pub fn open_dialog(filter_list: Option<&str>, default_path: Option<&str>, dialog
 
     let filter_list_ptr = match filter_list {
         Some(fl_str) => {
-            filter_list_cstring = try!(CString::new(fl_str));
+            filter_list_cstring = CString::new(fl_str)?;
             filter_list_cstring.as_ptr()
         }
         None => std::ptr::null()
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ pub fn open_dialog(filter_list: Option<&str>, default_path: Option<&str>, dialog
 
     let default_path_ptr = match default_path {
         Some(dp_str) => {
-            default_path_cstring = try!(CString::new(dp_str));
+            default_path_cstring = CString::new(dp_str)?;
             default_path_cstring.as_ptr()
         }
         None => std::ptr::null()