diff --git a/src/backend.rs b/src/backend.rs
index a2b7d23..f7dddcc 100644
--- a/src/backend.rs
+++ b/src/backend.rs
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@
 //! [VhostUserBackend]: trait.VhostUserBackend.html
 //! [VhostUserBackendMut]: trait.VhostUserBackendMut.html
 
-use std::io;
+use std::io::Result;
 use std::ops::Deref;
-use std::result;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, RwLock};
 
 use vhost::vhost_user::message::VhostUserProtocolFeatures;
@@ -71,12 +70,12 @@ where
     ///
     /// A default implementation is provided as we cannot expect all backends to implement this
     /// function.
-    fn set_config(&self, _offset: u32, _buf: &[u8]) -> result::Result<(), io::Error> {
+    fn set_config(&self, _offset: u32, _buf: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
     /// Update guest memory regions.
-    fn update_memory(&self, mem: GM<B>) -> result::Result<(), io::Error>;
+    fn update_memory(&self, mem: GM<B>) -> Result<()>;
 
     /// Set handler for communicating with the master by the slave communication channel.
     ///
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ where
         evset: EventSet,
         vrings: &[V],
         thread_id: usize,
-    ) -> result::Result<bool, io::Error>;
+    ) -> Result<bool>;
 }
 
 /// Trait without interior mutability for vhost user backend servers to implement concrete services.
@@ -154,12 +153,12 @@ where
     ///
     /// A default implementation is provided as we cannot expect all backends to implement this
     /// function.
-    fn set_config(&mut self, _offset: u32, _buf: &[u8]) -> result::Result<(), io::Error> {
+    fn set_config(&mut self, _offset: u32, _buf: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
     /// Update guest memory regions.
-    fn update_memory(&mut self, mem: GM<B>) -> result::Result<(), io::Error>;
+    fn update_memory(&mut self, mem: GM<B>) -> Result<()>;
 
     /// Set handler for communicating with the master by the slave communication channel.
     ///
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ where
         evset: EventSet,
         vrings: &[V],
         thread_id: usize,
-    ) -> result::Result<bool, io::Error>;
+    ) -> Result<bool>;
 }
 
 impl<T: VhostUserBackend<V, B>, V, B> VhostUserBackend<V, B> for Arc<T>
@@ -234,11 +233,11 @@ where
         self.deref().get_config(offset, size)
     }
 
-    fn set_config(&self, offset: u32, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    fn set_config(&self, offset: u32, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
         self.deref().set_config(offset, buf)
     }
 
-    fn update_memory(&self, mem: GM<B>) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    fn update_memory(&self, mem: GM<B>) -> Result<()> {
         self.deref().update_memory(mem)
     }
 
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ where
         evset: EventSet,
         vrings: &[V],
         thread_id: usize,
-    ) -> Result<bool, io::Error> {
+    ) -> Result<bool> {
         self.deref()
             .handle_event(device_event, evset, vrings, thread_id)
     }
@@ -299,11 +298,11 @@ where
         self.lock().unwrap().get_config(offset, size)
     }
 
-    fn set_config(&self, offset: u32, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    fn set_config(&self, offset: u32, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
         self.lock().unwrap().set_config(offset, buf)
     }
 
-    fn update_memory(&self, mem: GM<B>) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    fn update_memory(&self, mem: GM<B>) -> Result<()> {
         self.lock().unwrap().update_memory(mem)
     }
 
@@ -325,7 +324,7 @@ where
         evset: EventSet,
         vrings: &[V],
         thread_id: usize,
-    ) -> Result<bool, io::Error> {
+    ) -> Result<bool> {
         self.lock()
             .unwrap()
             .handle_event(device_event, evset, vrings, thread_id)
@@ -365,11 +364,11 @@ where
         self.read().unwrap().get_config(offset, size)
     }
 
-    fn set_config(&self, offset: u32, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    fn set_config(&self, offset: u32, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
         self.write().unwrap().set_config(offset, buf)
     }
 
-    fn update_memory(&self, mem: GM<B>) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    fn update_memory(&self, mem: GM<B>) -> Result<()> {
         self.write().unwrap().update_memory(mem)
     }
 
@@ -391,7 +390,7 @@ where
         evset: EventSet,
         vrings: &[V],
         thread_id: usize,
-    ) -> Result<bool, io::Error> {
+    ) -> Result<bool> {
         self.write()
             .unwrap()
             .handle_event(device_event, evset, vrings, thread_id)
@@ -402,7 +401,6 @@ where
 pub mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use crate::VringRwLock;
-    use std::io::Error;
     use std::sync::Mutex;
     use vm_memory::{GuestMemoryAtomic, GuestMemoryMmap};
 
@@ -454,7 +452,7 @@ pub mod tests {
             vec![0xa5u8; 8]
         }
 
-        fn set_config(&mut self, offset: u32, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        fn set_config(&mut self, offset: u32, buf: &[u8]) -> Result<()> {
             assert_eq!(offset, 0x200);
             assert_eq!(buf.len(), 8);
             assert_eq!(buf, &[0xa5u8; 8]);
@@ -462,10 +460,7 @@ pub mod tests {
             Ok(())
         }
 
-        fn update_memory(
-            &mut self,
-            _atomic_mem: GuestMemoryAtomic<GuestMemoryMmap>,
-        ) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        fn update_memory(&mut self, _atomic_mem: GuestMemoryAtomic<GuestMemoryMmap>) -> Result<()> {
             Ok(())
         }
 
@@ -487,7 +482,7 @@ pub mod tests {
             _evset: EventSet,
             _vrings: &[VringRwLock],
             _thread_id: usize,
-        ) -> Result<bool, Error> {
+        ) -> Result<bool> {
             self.events += 1;
 
             Ok(false)
diff --git a/src/event_loop.rs b/src/event_loop.rs
index 63e7883..d680e8f 100644
--- a/src/event_loop.rs
+++ b/src/event_loop.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
-use std::io;
+use std::io::{self, Result};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, RawFd};
-use std::result;
 
 use vm_memory::bitmap::Bitmap;
 use vmm_sys_util::epoll::{ControlOperation, Epoll, EpollEvent, EventSet};
@@ -127,12 +126,7 @@ where
     ///
     /// When this event is later triggered, the backend implementation of `handle_event` will be
     /// called.
-    pub fn register_listener(
-        &self,
-        fd: RawFd,
-        ev_type: EventSet,
-        data: u64,
-    ) -> result::Result<(), io::Error> {
+    pub fn register_listener(&self, fd: RawFd, ev_type: EventSet, data: u64) -> Result<()> {
         // `data` range [0...num_queues] is reserved for queues and exit event.
         if data <= self.backend.num_queues() as u64 {
             Err(io::Error::from_raw_os_error(libc::EINVAL))
@@ -145,12 +139,7 @@ where
     ///
     /// If the event is triggered after this function has been called, the event will be silently
     /// dropped.
-    pub fn unregister_listener(
-        &self,
-        fd: RawFd,
-        ev_type: EventSet,
-        data: u64,
-    ) -> result::Result<(), io::Error> {
+    pub fn unregister_listener(&self, fd: RawFd, ev_type: EventSet, data: u64) -> Result<()> {
         // `data` range [0...num_queues] is reserved for queues and exit event.
         if data <= self.backend.num_queues() as u64 {
             Err(io::Error::from_raw_os_error(libc::EINVAL))
@@ -159,22 +148,12 @@ where
         }
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn register_event(
-        &self,
-        fd: RawFd,
-        ev_type: EventSet,
-        data: u64,
-    ) -> result::Result<(), io::Error> {
+    pub(crate) fn register_event(&self, fd: RawFd, ev_type: EventSet, data: u64) -> Result<()> {
         self.epoll
             .ctl(ControlOperation::Add, fd, EpollEvent::new(ev_type, data))
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn unregister_event(
-        &self,
-        fd: RawFd,
-        ev_type: EventSet,
-        data: u64,
-    ) -> result::Result<(), io::Error> {
+    pub(crate) fn unregister_event(&self, fd: RawFd, ev_type: EventSet, data: u64) -> Result<()> {
         self.epoll
             .ctl(ControlOperation::Delete, fd, EpollEvent::new(ev_type, data))
     }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 403efcc..2fd80af 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 extern crate log;
 
 use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
-use std::io;
-use std::result;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::thread;
 
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     /// Failed creating vhost-user slave handler.
     CreateSlaveReqHandler(VhostUserError),
     /// Failed starting daemon thread.
-    StartDaemon(io::Error),
+    StartDaemon(std::io::Error),
     /// Failed waiting for daemon thread.
     WaitDaemon(std::boxed::Box<dyn std::any::Any + std::marker::Send>),
     /// Failed handling a vhost-user request.
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ impl Display for Error {
 }
 
 /// Result of vhost-user daemon operations.
-pub type Result<T> = result::Result<T, Error>;
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
 
 /// Implement a simple framework to run a vhost-user service daemon.
 ///