diff --git a/dub.sdl b/dub.sdl
index 4212ebc..e8c1cfd 100644
--- a/dub.sdl
+++ b/dub.sdl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ copyright "Copyright © 2016-2020, Sönke Ludwig"
 license "MIT"
 
 dependency "eventcore" version="~>0.9.27"
-dependency "vibe-container" version="~>1.0"
+dependency "vibe-container" version=">=1.0.2 <2.0.0-0"
 
 targetName "vibe_core"
 
diff --git a/source/vibe/core/channel.d b/source/vibe/core/channel.d
index d909330..0ee29e4 100644
--- a/source/vibe/core/channel.d
+++ b/source/vibe/core/channel.d
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ struct Channel(T, size_t buffer_size = 100) {
 
 private final class ChannelImpl(T, size_t buffer_size) {
 	import vibe.core.concurrency : isWeaklyIsolated;
-	import vibe.internal.allocator : Mallocator, makeGCSafe, disposeGCSafe;
+	import vibe.container.internal.utilallocator : Mallocator, makeGCSafe, disposeGCSafe;
 	static assert(isWeaklyIsolated!T, "Channel data type "~T.stringof~" is not safe to pass between threads.");
 
 	private {
diff --git a/source/vibe/core/net.d b/source/vibe/core/net.d
index 425bf6c..eafaddb 100644
--- a/source/vibe/core/net.d
+++ b/source/vibe/core/net.d
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ struct TCPConnection {
 		if (isInputStream!InputStream)
 	{
 		import std.algorithm.comparison : min;
-		import vibe.internal.allocator : theAllocator, makeArray, dispose;
+		import vibe.container.internal.utilallocator : theAllocator, makeArray, dispose;
 
 		scope buffer = () @trusted { return cast(ubyte[]) theAllocator.allocate(64*1024); }();
 		scope (exit) () @trusted { theAllocator.dispose(buffer); }();
diff --git a/source/vibe/core/process.d b/source/vibe/core/process.d
index 660c46e..8f73dba 100644
--- a/source/vibe/core/process.d
+++ b/source/vibe/core/process.d
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ string collectOutput(InputStream)(InputStream stream, size_t nbytes = size_t.max
 		output.reserve(nbytes);
 	}
 
-	import vibe.internal.allocator : theAllocator, dispose;
+	import vibe.container.internal.utilallocator : theAllocator, dispose;
 
 	scope buffer = cast(ubyte[]) theAllocator.allocate(64*1024);
 	scope (exit) theAllocator.dispose(buffer);
diff --git a/source/vibe/core/stream.d b/source/vibe/core/stream.d
index 1e62b42..85c42c5 100644
--- a/source/vibe/core/stream.d
+++ b/source/vibe/core/stream.d
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ ulong pipe(InputStream, OutputStream)(scope InputStream source, scope OutputStre
 	ulong nbytes, PipeConfig config) @blocking @trusted
 	if (isOutputStream!OutputStream && isInputStream!InputStream)
 {
-	import vibe.internal.allocator : Mallocator, makeArray, dispose;
+	import vibe.container.internal.utilallocator : Mallocator, makeArray, dispose;
 	import vibe.core.core : runTask;
 	import vibe.core.sync : LocalManualEvent, createManualEvent;
 	import vibe.core.task : InterruptException;
diff --git a/source/vibe/core/sync.d b/source/vibe/core/sync.d
index 4b82a8d..55a71f1 100644
--- a/source/vibe/core/sync.d
+++ b/source/vibe/core/sync.d
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ struct LocalManualEvent {
 
 	private void initialize()
 	nothrow {
-		import vibe.internal.allocator : Mallocator, makeGCSafe;
+		import vibe.container.internal.utilallocator : Mallocator, makeGCSafe;
 		m_waiter = () @trusted { return Mallocator.instance.makeGCSafe!Waiter; } ();
 	}
 
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ struct LocalManualEvent {
 
 	~this()
 	nothrow {
-		import vibe.internal.allocator : Mallocator, disposeGCSafe;
+		import vibe.container.internal.utilallocator : Mallocator, disposeGCSafe;
 		if (m_waiter) {
 			if (!m_waiter.releaseRef()) {
 				static if (__VERSION__ < 2087) scope (failure) assert(false);
diff --git a/source/vibe/internal/allocator.d b/source/vibe/internal/allocator.d
index 692e8a4..414945b 100644
--- a/source/vibe/internal/allocator.d
+++ b/source/vibe/internal/allocator.d
@@ -1,63 +1,4 @@
+deprecated("Import `vibe.container.internal.utilallocator` instead.")
 module vibe.internal.allocator;
 
-public import stdx.allocator;
-public import stdx.allocator.building_blocks.allocator_list;
-public import stdx.allocator.building_blocks.null_allocator;
-public import stdx.allocator.building_blocks.region;
-public import stdx.allocator.building_blocks.stats_collector;
-public import stdx.allocator.gc_allocator;
-public import stdx.allocator.mallocator;
-
-// NOTE: this needs to be used instead of theAllocator due to Phobos issue 17564
-@property IAllocator vibeThreadAllocator()
-@safe nothrow @nogc {
-	static IAllocator s_threadAllocator;
-	if (!s_threadAllocator)
-		s_threadAllocator = () @trusted { return allocatorObject(GCAllocator.instance); } ();
-    return s_threadAllocator;
-}
-
-auto makeGCSafe(T, Allocator, A...)(Allocator allocator, A args)
-{
-	import core.memory : GC;
-	import std.traits : hasIndirections;
-
-	auto ret = allocator.make!T(args);
-	static if (is (T == class)) enum tsize = __traits(classInstanceSize, T);
-	else enum tsize = T.sizeof;
-	static if (hasIndirections!T)
-		() @trusted { GC.addRange(cast(void*)ret, tsize, typeid(T)); } ();
-	return ret;
-}
-
-void disposeGCSafe(T, Allocator)(Allocator allocator, T obj)
-{
-	import core.memory : GC;
-	import std.traits : hasIndirections;
-
-	static if (hasIndirections!T)
-		GC.removeRange(cast(void*)obj);
-	allocator.dispose(obj);
-}
-
-void ensureNotInGC(T)(string info = null) nothrow
-{
-    import core.exception : InvalidMemoryOperationError;
-    try
-    {
-        import core.memory : GC;
-        cast(void) GC.malloc(1);
-        return;
-    }
-    catch(InvalidMemoryOperationError e)
-    {
-        import core.stdc.stdio : fprintf, stderr;
-        import core.stdc.stdlib : exit;
-        fprintf(stderr,
-                "Error: clean-up of %s incorrectly depends on destructors called by the GC.\n",
-                T.stringof.ptr);
-        if (info)
-            fprintf(stderr, "Info: %s\n", info.ptr);
-        assert(false);
-    }
-}
+public import vibe.container.internal.utilallocator;
diff --git a/source/vibe/internal/array.d b/source/vibe/internal/array.d
index 92428eb..14e9481 100644
--- a/source/vibe/internal/array.d
+++ b/source/vibe/internal/array.d
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 */
 module vibe.internal.array;
 
-import vibe.internal.allocator;
+import vibe.container.internal.utilallocator;
 
 import std.algorithm;
 import std.range : isInputRange, isOutputRange;
diff --git a/source/vibe/internal/freelistref.d b/source/vibe/internal/freelistref.d
index 1d2c985..09a9fcb 100644
--- a/source/vibe/internal/freelistref.d
+++ b/source/vibe/internal/freelistref.d
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 */
 module vibe.internal.freelistref;
 
-import vibe.internal.allocator;
+import vibe.container.internal.utilallocator;
 import vibe.internal.traits : synchronizedIsNothrow;
 
 import core.exception : OutOfMemoryError;
diff --git a/source/vibe/internal/interfaceproxy.d b/source/vibe/internal/interfaceproxy.d
index 7933743..7425863 100644
--- a/source/vibe/internal/interfaceproxy.d
+++ b/source/vibe/internal/interfaceproxy.d
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module vibe.internal.interfaceproxy;
 
 import vibe.internal.traits;
 import vibe.internal.freelistref;
-import vibe.internal.allocator;
+import vibe.container.internal.utilallocator;
 import std.algorithm.mutation : move, swap;
 import std.meta : staticMap;
 import std.traits : BaseTypeTuple;
diff --git a/source/vibe/internal/string.d b/source/vibe/internal/string.d
index 7d23aef..9ec6ac5 100644
--- a/source/vibe/internal/string.d
+++ b/source/vibe/internal/string.d
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ module vibe.internal.string;
 public import std.string;
 
 import vibe.internal.array;
-import vibe.internal.allocator;
+import vibe.container.internal.utilallocator;
 
 import std.algorithm;
 import std.array;