diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c564a732b..8916d14a7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes 0.4.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "conduit-proxy-controller-grpc 0.3.0",
  "conduit-proxy-router 0.3.0",
- "convert 0.3.0",
  "deflate 0.7.18 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "env_logger 0.5.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "flate2 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -174,7 +173,6 @@ name = "conduit-proxy-controller-grpc"
 version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 0.4.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "convert 0.3.0",
  "futures 0.1.21 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "h2 0.1.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "http 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -196,10 +194,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/tower-rs/tower)",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "convert"
-version = "0.3.0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crc"
 version = "1.7.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cb9ddc34d..c356b609e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [workspace]
 members = [
   "proxy",
-  "proxy/convert",
   "proxy/controller-grpc",
   "proxy/futures-mpsc-lossy",
   "proxy/router",
diff --git a/proxy/Cargo.toml b/proxy/Cargo.toml
index a9d7d2421..f8328ccc1 100644
--- a/proxy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/proxy/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ default = ["flaky_tests"]
 flaky_tests = []
 
 [dependencies]
-convert                         = { path = "./convert" }
 conduit-proxy-controller-grpc   = { path = "./controller-grpc" }
 futures-mpsc-lossy              = { path = "./futures-mpsc-lossy" }
 conduit-proxy-router            = { path = "./router" }
diff --git a/proxy/convert/Cargo.toml b/proxy/convert/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 16ae10e3e..000000000
--- a/proxy/convert/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "convert"
-version = "0.3.0"
-publish = false
diff --git a/proxy/src/control/observe.rs b/proxy/src/control/observe.rs
index 0e7b00d50..c48051acd 100644
--- a/proxy/src/control/observe.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/control/observe.rs
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ impl Stream for TapEvents {
                         _ => continue,
                     }
 
-                    if let Ok(te) = (&ev).try_into() {
+                    if let Ok(te) = TapEvent::try_from(&ev) {
                         // TODO Do limit checks here.
                         return Ok(Some(te).into());
                     }
diff --git a/proxy/convert/src/lib.rs b/proxy/src/convert.rs
similarity index 52%
rename from proxy/convert/src/lib.rs
rename to proxy/src/convert.rs
index 89d698d63..34c42217c 100644
--- a/proxy/convert/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/convert.rs
@@ -15,25 +15,3 @@ pub trait TryFrom<T>: Sized {
     #[doc(hidden)]
     fn try_from(t: T) -> Result<Self, Self::Err>;
 }
-
-/// Private trait for generic methods with fallible conversions.
-///
-/// This trait is similar to the `TryInto` trait proposed in the standard
-/// library, and should be removed when `TryInto` is stabilized.
-pub trait TryInto<T>: Sized {
-    type Err;
-
-    #[doc(hidden)]
-    fn try_into(self) -> Result<T, Self::Err>;
-}
-
-impl<T, U> TryInto<U> for T
-where
-    U: TryFrom<T>,
-{
-    type Err = U::Err;
-
-    fn try_into(self) -> Result<U, Self::Err> {
-        U::try_from(self)
-    }
-}
diff --git a/proxy/src/lib.rs b/proxy/src/lib.rs
index 5cdfe34fe..d2460ac39 100644
--- a/proxy/src/lib.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 extern crate bytes;
 extern crate conduit_proxy_controller_grpc;
-extern crate convert;
 extern crate env_logger;
 extern crate deflate;
 #[macro_use]
@@ -69,6 +68,7 @@ mod bind;
 pub mod config;
 mod connection;
 pub mod control;
+pub mod convert;
 pub mod ctx;
 mod dns;
 mod drain;
diff --git a/proxy/src/telemetry/tap/match_.rs b/proxy/src/telemetry/tap/match_.rs
index 15e2746e5..cb9057b56 100644
--- a/proxy/src/telemetry/tap/match_.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/telemetry/tap/match_.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use ipnet::{Contains, Ipv4Net, Ipv6Net};
 use super::Event;
 use conduit_proxy_controller_grpc::common::ip_address;
 use conduit_proxy_controller_grpc::tap::observe_request;
-use convert::*;
+use convert::TryFrom;
 use ctx;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a observe_request::match_::Http> for HttpMatch {
                     .as_ref()
                     .ok_or_else(|| InvalidMatch::Empty)
                     .and_then(|s| {
-                        s.try_into()
+                        s.try_to_string()
                             .map(HttpMatch::Scheme)
                             .map_err(|_| InvalidMatch::InvalidScheme)
                     }),
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ impl<'a> TryFrom<&'a observe_request::match_::Http> for HttpMatch {
                     .as_ref()
                     .ok_or_else(|| InvalidMatch::Empty)
                     .and_then(|m| {
-                        m.try_into()
+                        m.try_as_http()
                             .map(HttpMatch::Method)
                             .map_err(|_| InvalidMatch::InvalidHttpMethod)
                     }),
diff --git a/proxy/tests/support/mod.rs b/proxy/tests/support/mod.rs
index c42de1248..89d9705a9 100644
--- a/proxy/tests/support/mod.rs
+++ b/proxy/tests/support/mod.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 pub extern crate bytes;
 pub extern crate conduit_proxy_controller_grpc;
 extern crate conduit_proxy;
-pub extern crate convert;
 extern crate futures;
 extern crate h2;
 pub extern crate http;