diff --git a/examples/plugins/altemplate/Cargo.toml b/examples/plugins/altemplate/Cargo.toml
index 568f90f6a9..88d44c4f91 100644
--- a/examples/plugins/altemplate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/plugins/altemplate/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 [dependencies]
 nom7 = { version="7.0", package="nom" }
 libc = "~0.2.82"
-suricata = { path = "../../../rust/" }
 suricata-sys = { path = "../../../rust/sys" }
 suricata-ffi = { path = "../../../rust/ffi" }
 suricata-derive = { path = "../../../rust/derive" }
diff --git a/examples/plugins/altemplate/src/template.rs b/examples/plugins/altemplate/src/template.rs
index 14a76a9d92..144a34b972 100644
--- a/examples/plugins/altemplate/src/template.rs
+++ b/examples/plugins/altemplate/src/template.rs
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ use std;
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::ffi::CString;
 use std::os::raw::{c_char, c_int, c_void};
-use suricata::applayer::AppLayerTxData;
 use suricata_derive::AppLayerEvent;
 use suricata_ffi::applayer::{
-    state_get_tx_iterator, AppLayerEvent, AppLayerResultRust, State, StreamSliceRust, Transaction,
-    APP_LAYER_PARSER_EOF_TC, APP_LAYER_PARSER_EOF_TS, APP_LAYER_PARSER_OPT_ACCEPT_GAPS,
+    state_get_tx_iterator, AppLayerEvent, AppLayerResultRust, AppLayerTxData, State,
+    StreamSliceRust, Transaction, APP_LAYER_PARSER_EOF_TC, APP_LAYER_PARSER_EOF_TS,
+    APP_LAYER_PARSER_OPT_ACCEPT_GAPS,
 };
 use suricata_ffi::conf::conf_get;
 use suricata_ffi::{