diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d400f1cf..02c46457 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ require (
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.9
 )
 
-replace github.com/decred/vspd/client/v4 => ./client
-
 require (
 	github.com/agl/ed25519 v0.0.0-20170116200512-5312a6153412 // indirect
 	github.com/bytedance/sonic v1.11.6 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 14a29dbb..dac00fb3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ github.com/decred/dcrd/wire v1.7.0 h1:5JHiDjEQeS4XUl4PfnTZYLwAD/E/+LwBmPRec/fP76
 github.com/decred/dcrd/wire v1.7.0/go.mod h1:lAqrzV0SU4kyV6INLEJgDtUjJaTaVKrbF4LHtaYl+zU=
 github.com/decred/slog v1.2.0 h1:soHAxV52B54Di3WtKLfPum9OFfWqwtf/ygf9njdfnPM=
 github.com/decred/slog v1.2.0/go.mod h1:kVXlGnt6DHy2fV5OjSeuvCJ0OmlmTF6LFpEPMu/fOY0=
+github.com/decred/vspd/client/v4 v4.0.0 h1:8qFB3t5CyBFuUU0LarJFsq/+twfUMPALwzOsB99r818=
+github.com/decred/vspd/client/v4 v4.0.0/go.mod h1:jhqu4KGGOskQcPVZ3XZLVZ1Wgkc9GQo+oEipr3gGODg=
 github.com/decred/vspd/types/v3 v3.0.0 h1:jHlQIpp6aCjIcFs8WE3AaVCJe1kgepNTq+nkBKAyQxk=
 github.com/decred/vspd/types/v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:hwifRZu6tpkbhSg2jZCUwuPaO/oETgbSCWCYJd4XepY=
 github.com/dustin/go-humanize v1.0.1 h1:GzkhY7T5VNhEkwH0PVJgjz+fX1rhBrR7pRT3mDkpeCY=