diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6a7092d8e..f42f49ac9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@
     "swarm-api": "0.1.2",
     "tar": "3.2.1",
     "term.js": "0.0.7",
-    "toposort": "1.0.7",
     "url-loader": "1.1.2",
     "uuid": "3.3.2",
     "viz.js": "1.8.2",
diff --git a/src/lib/modules/contracts_manager/index.js b/src/lib/modules/contracts_manager/index.js
index 72b9c95aa..6ebc780b5 100644
--- a/src/lib/modules/contracts_manager/index.js
+++ b/src/lib/modules/contracts_manager/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-let toposort = require('toposort');
 let async = require('async');
 const cloneDeep = require('clone-deep');
 
@@ -544,7 +543,7 @@ class ContractsManager {
     let orderedDependencies;
 
     try {
-      orderedDependencies = toposort(converted_dependencies.filter((x) => x[0] !== x[1])).reverse();
+      orderedDependencies = utils.toposort(converted_dependencies.filter((x) => x[0] !== x[1])).reverse();
     } catch (e) {
       this.logger.error((__("Error: ") + e.message).red);
       this.logger.error(__("there are two or more contracts that depend on each other in a cyclic manner").bold.red);
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/toposort.js b/src/lib/utils/toposort.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8d52a4824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/utils/toposort.js
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+// from https://github.com/marcelklehr/toposort
+/**
+ * Topological sorting function
+ *
+ * @param {Array} edges
+ * @returns {Array}
+ */
+
+module.exports = function(edges) {
+  return toposort(uniqueNodes(edges), edges);
+};
+
+module.exports.array = toposort;
+
+function toposort(nodes, edges) {
+  var cursor = nodes.length, sorted = new Array(cursor), visited = {}, i = cursor, outgoingEdges = makeOutgoingEdges(edges), nodesHash = makeNodesHash(nodes);
+
+  // check for unknown nodes
+  edges.forEach(function(edge) {
+    if (!nodesHash.has(edge[0]) || !nodesHash.has(edge[1])) {
+      throw new Error('Unknown node. There is an unknown node in the supplied edges.');
+    }
+  });
+
+  while (i--) {
+    if (!visited[i]) visit(nodes[i], i, new Set());
+  }
+
+  return sorted;
+
+  function visit(node, i, predecessors) {
+    if(predecessors.has(node)) {
+      var nodeRep;
+      try {
+        nodeRep = ", node was:" + JSON.stringify(node);
+      } catch(e) {
+        nodeRep = "";
+      }
+      throw new Error('Cyclic dependency' + nodeRep);
+    }
+
+    if (!nodesHash.has(node)) {
+      throw new Error('Found unknown node. Make sure to provided all involved nodes. Unknown node: '+JSON.stringify(node));
+    }
+
+    if (visited[i]) return;
+    visited[i] = true;
+
+    var outgoing = outgoingEdges.get(node) || new Set();
+    outgoing = Array.from(outgoing);
+
+    i = outgoing.length;
+    if (i) {
+      predecessors.add(node);
+      do {
+        var child = outgoing[--i];
+        visit(child, nodesHash.get(child), predecessors);
+      } while (i);
+      predecessors.delete(node);
+    }
+
+    sorted[--cursor] = node;
+  }
+}
+
+function uniqueNodes(arr){
+  var res = new Set();
+  for (var i = 0, len = arr.length; i < len; i++) {
+    var edge = arr[i];
+    res.add(edge[0]);
+    res.add(edge[1]);
+  }
+  return Array.from(res);
+}
+
+function makeOutgoingEdges(arr){
+  var edges = new Map();
+  for (var i = 0, len = arr.length; i < len; i++) {
+    var edge = arr[i];
+    if (!edges.has(edge[0])) edges.set(edge[0], new Set());
+    if (!edges.has(edge[1])) edges.set(edge[1], new Set());
+    edges.get(edge[0]).add(edge[1]);
+  }
+  return edges;
+}
+
+function makeNodesHash(arr){
+  var res = new Map();
+  for (var i = 0, len = arr.length; i < len; i++) {
+    res.set(arr[i], i);
+  }
+  return res;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/utils/utils.js b/src/lib/utils/utils.js
index 65736a6f3..22a359a36 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils/utils.js
+++ b/src/lib/utils/utils.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 let http = require('follow-redirects').http;
 let https = require('follow-redirects').https;
+let toposortGraph = require('./toposort.js');
 const {canonicalHost} = require('./host');
 
 const balanceRegex = /([0-9]+) ?([a-zA-Z]*)/;
@@ -570,6 +571,10 @@ function getWindowSize() {
   return windowSize.get();
 }
 
+function toposort(graph) {
+  return toposortGraph(graph);
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   joinPath,
   dirname,
@@ -617,5 +622,6 @@ module.exports = {
   copyToClipboard,
   fuzzySearch,
   jsonFunctionReplacer,
-  getWindowSize
+  getWindowSize,
+  toposort
 };
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fe62a406d..b6bca2818 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11369,11 +11369,6 @@ to-regex@^3.0.1, to-regex@^3.0.2:
     regex-not "^1.0.2"
     safe-regex "^1.1.0"
 
-toposort@1.0.7:
-  version "1.0.7"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/toposort/-/toposort-1.0.7.tgz#2e68442d9f64ec720b8cc89e6443ac6caa950029"
-  integrity sha1-LmhELZ9k7HILjMieZEOsbKqVACk=
-
 tough-cookie@~2.3.3:
   version "2.3.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tough-cookie/-/tough-cookie-2.3.4.tgz#ec60cee38ac675063ffc97a5c18970578ee83655"