diff --git a/src/d3.js b/src/d3.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c414e88f2..000000000
--- a/src/d3.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import * as d3 from 'd3'
-import { textwrap } from 'd3-textwrap'
-
-d3.textwrap = textwrap
-
-export default d3
diff --git a/src/diagrams/classDiagram/classRenderer.js b/src/diagrams/classDiagram/classRenderer.js
index 27e56b52f..bdfe8f3d5 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/classDiagram/classRenderer.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/classDiagram/classRenderer.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-
 import dagre from 'dagre-layout'
 import graphlib from 'graphlibrary'
+import * as d3 from 'd3'
 
 import classDb from './classDb'
-import d3 from '../../d3'
 import { logger } from '../../logger'
 import { parser } from './parser/classDiagram'
 
diff --git a/src/diagrams/example/exampleRenderer.js b/src/diagrams/example/exampleRenderer.js
index f267c8384..34e623dd1 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/example/exampleRenderer.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/example/exampleRenderer.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+import * as d3 from 'd3'
+
 import db from './exampleDb'
 import exampleParser from './parser/example.js'
-import d3 from '../../d3'
-
 import { logger } from '../../logger'
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.js b/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.js
index 381ec4516..caef0f609 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/flowchart/flowRenderer.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import graphlib from 'graphlibrary'
+import * as d3 from 'd3'
 
 import graphDb from './graphDb'
 import flow from './parser/flow'
 import dot from './parser/dot'
-import d3 from '../../d3'
 import dagreD3 from 'dagre-d3-renderer'
 import { logger } from '../../logger'
 
diff --git a/src/diagrams/flowchart/graphDb.js b/src/diagrams/flowchart/graphDb.js
index a9c950090..ecce367d2 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/flowchart/graphDb.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/flowchart/graphDb.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+import * as d3 from 'd3'
+
 import { logger } from '../../logger'
 import utils from '../../utils'
-import d3 from '../../d3'
 
 let vertices = {}
 let edges = []
diff --git a/src/diagrams/gantt/ganttRenderer.js b/src/diagrams/gantt/ganttRenderer.js
index c5c6f9950..617af145e 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/gantt/ganttRenderer.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/gantt/ganttRenderer.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import moment from 'moment'
+import * as d3 from 'd3'
 
 import { parser } from './parser/gantt'
 import ganttDb from './ganttDb'
-import d3 from '../../d3'
 import { logger } from '../../logger'
 
 parser.yy = ganttDb
diff --git a/src/diagrams/gitGraph/gitGraphRenderer.js b/src/diagrams/gitGraph/gitGraphRenderer.js
index 930e6ee8d..06fd5b673 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/gitGraph/gitGraphRenderer.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/gitGraph/gitGraphRenderer.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import _ from 'lodash'
+import * as d3 from 'd3'
 
 import db from './gitGraphAst'
 import gitGraphParser from './parser/gitGraph'
-import d3 from '../../d3'
 import { logger } from '../../logger'
 
 let allCommitsDict = {}
diff --git a/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/sequenceDiagram.spec.js b/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/sequenceDiagram.spec.js
index 8bb22acde..04ba2bbee 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/sequenceDiagram.spec.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/sequenceDiagram.spec.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const d3 = {
 }
 
 const renderer = MyModuleInjector({
-  '../../d3': d3
+  'd3': d3
 })
 
 function addConf (conf, key, value) {
diff --git a/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/sequenceRenderer.js b/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/sequenceRenderer.js
index 6b51f2a15..47200dc7c 100644
--- a/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/sequenceRenderer.js
+++ b/src/diagrams/sequenceDiagram/sequenceRenderer.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+import * as d3 from 'd3'
+
 import svgDraw from './svgDraw'
 import { logger } from '../../logger'
-import d3 from '../../d3'
 import { parser } from './parser/sequenceDiagram'
 import sequenceDb from './sequenceDb'
 
diff --git a/src/mermaidAPI.js b/src/mermaidAPI.js
index 5e787ae7f..6fa688df5 100644
--- a/src/mermaidAPI.js
+++ b/src/mermaidAPI.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
  * returns a svg element for the graph. It is is then up to the user of the API to make use of the svg, either insert it
  * somewhere in the page or something completely different.
 */
+import * as d3 from 'd3'
+
 import { logger, setLogLevel } from './logger'
 import graph from './diagrams/flowchart/graphDb'
 import utils from './utils'
@@ -32,7 +34,6 @@ import classDb from './diagrams/classDiagram/classDb'
 import gitGraphParser from './diagrams/gitGraph/parser/gitGraph'
 import gitGraphRenderer from './diagrams/gitGraph/gitGraphRenderer'
 import gitGraphAst from './diagrams/gitGraph/gitGraphAst'
-import d3 from './d3'
 import pkg from '../package.json'
 
 import darkTheme from './less/dark/mermaid.less'