diff --git a/tools/aconfig/src/main.rs b/tools/aconfig/src/main.rs
index 2f7255e..5414f0e 100644
--- a/tools/aconfig/src/main.rs
+++ b/tools/aconfig/src/main.rs
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@
 
 //! `aconfig` is a build time tool to manage build time configurations, such as feature flags.
 
-use aconfig_protos::aconfig::Placeholder;
 use protobuf::text_format::{parse_from_str, ParseError};
 
+mod protos;
+use protos::Placeholder;
+
 fn foo() -> Result<String, ParseError> {
     let placeholder = parse_from_str::<Placeholder>(r#"name: "aconfig""#)?;
     Ok(placeholder.name)