diff --git a/bids-validator/deno.json b/bids-validator/deno.json
index 1ac3692b9..cbd5a329b 100644
--- a/bids-validator/deno.json
+++ b/bids-validator/deno.json
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "imports": {
-    "std/": "https://deno.land/std@0.217.0/"
-  },
   "tasks": {
     "test": "deno test -A src/tests/"
   },
diff --git a/bids-validator/src/deps/asserts.ts b/bids-validator/src/deps/asserts.ts
index 4f95e806b..f8e465308 100644
--- a/bids-validator/src/deps/asserts.ts
+++ b/bids-validator/src/deps/asserts.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ export {
   assertObjectMatch,
   assertExists,
   assertRejects,
-} from 'std/testing/asserts.ts'
+} from 'https://deno.land/std@0.217.0/testing/asserts.ts'
diff --git a/bids-validator/src/deps/fmt.ts b/bids-validator/src/deps/fmt.ts
index 951da7b59..c6c36e32c 100644
--- a/bids-validator/src/deps/fmt.ts
+++ b/bids-validator/src/deps/fmt.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export * as colors from 'std/fmt/colors.ts'
+export * as colors from 'https://deno.land/std@0.217.0/fmt/colors.ts'
diff --git a/bids-validator/src/deps/fs.ts b/bids-validator/src/deps/fs.ts
index cc85d974e..94d223e3c 100644
--- a/bids-validator/src/deps/fs.ts
+++ b/bids-validator/src/deps/fs.ts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-export { walk } from 'std/fs/walk.ts'
+export { walk } from 'https://deno.land/std@0.217.0/fs/walk.ts'
diff --git a/bids-validator/src/deps/logger.ts b/bids-validator/src/deps/logger.ts
index 67e9717fd..76e1837d4 100644
--- a/bids-validator/src/deps/logger.ts
+++ b/bids-validator/src/deps/logger.ts
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ export {
   LogLevels,
   setup,
   warn,
-} from "std/log/mod.ts"
-export type { LevelName } from "std/log/mod.ts"
+} from "https://deno.land/std@0.217.0/log/mod.ts"
+export type { LevelName } from "https://deno.land/std@0.217.0/log/mod.ts"
diff --git a/bids-validator/src/deps/path.ts b/bids-validator/src/deps/path.ts
index 4d3eef024..a19d88058 100644
--- a/bids-validator/src/deps/path.ts
+++ b/bids-validator/src/deps/path.ts
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ export {
   fromFileUrl,
   parse,
   SEPARATOR,
-} from 'std/path/mod.ts'
+} from 'https://deno.land/std@0.217.0/path/mod.ts'
diff --git a/bids-validator/src/deps/stream.ts b/bids-validator/src/deps/stream.ts
index f09b84092..b9e669965 100644
--- a/bids-validator/src/deps/stream.ts
+++ b/bids-validator/src/deps/stream.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 export {
   readAll,
   readerFromStreamReader,
-} from 'std/io/mod.ts'
+} from 'https://deno.land/std@0.217.0/io/mod.ts'