diff --git a/pyhmy/account.py b/pyhmy/account.py
index a074da4..bcc4429 100644
--- a/pyhmy/account.py
+++ b/pyhmy/account.py
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ from .blockchain import (
     get_sharding_structure
 )
 
-import bech32
+from bech32 import (
+    bech32_decode
+)
 
 _default_endpoint = 'http://localhost:9500'
 _default_timeout = 30
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ def is_valid_address(address) -> bool:
     """
     if not address.startswith('one1'):
         return False
-    hrp, _ = bech32.bech32_decode(address)
+    hrp, _ = bech32_decode(address)
     if not hrp:
         return False
     return True
diff --git a/pyhmy/bech32/bech32.py b/pyhmy/bech32/bech32.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d450080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyhmy/bech32/bech32.py
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Pieter Wuille
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+# THE SOFTWARE.
+
+"""Reference implementation for Bech32 and segwit addresses."""
+
+
+CHARSET = "qpzry9x8gf2tvdw0s3jn54khce6mua7l"
+
+
+def bech32_polymod(values):
+    """Internal function that computes the Bech32 checksum."""
+    generator = [0x3b6a57b2, 0x26508e6d, 0x1ea119fa, 0x3d4233dd, 0x2a1462b3]
+    chk = 1
+    for value in values:
+        top = chk >> 25
+        chk = (chk & 0x1ffffff) << 5 ^ value
+        for i in range(5):
+            chk ^= generator[i] if ((top >> i) & 1) else 0
+    return chk
+
+
+def bech32_hrp_expand(hrp):
+    """Expand the HRP into values for checksum computation."""
+    return [ord(x) >> 5 for x in hrp] + [0] + [ord(x) & 31 for x in hrp]
+
+
+def bech32_verify_checksum(hrp, data):
+    """Verify a checksum given HRP and converted data characters."""
+    return bech32_polymod(bech32_hrp_expand(hrp) + data) == 1
+
+
+def bech32_create_checksum(hrp, data):
+    """Compute the checksum values given HRP and data."""
+    values = bech32_hrp_expand(hrp) + data
+    polymod = bech32_polymod(values + [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]) ^ 1
+    return [(polymod >> 5 * (5 - i)) & 31 for i in range(6)]
+
+
+def bech32_encode(hrp, data):
+    """Compute a Bech32 string given HRP and data values."""
+    combined = data + bech32_create_checksum(hrp, data)
+    return hrp + '1' + ''.join([CHARSET[d] for d in combined])
+
+
+def bech32_decode(bech):
+    """Validate a Bech32 string, and determine HRP and data."""
+    if ((any(ord(x) < 33 or ord(x) > 126 for x in bech)) or
+            (bech.lower() != bech and bech.upper() != bech)):
+        return (None, None)
+    bech = bech.lower()
+    pos = bech.rfind('1')
+    if pos < 1 or pos + 7 > len(bech) or len(bech) > 90:
+        return (None, None)
+    if not all(x in CHARSET for x in bech[pos+1:]):
+        return (None, None)
+    hrp = bech[:pos]
+    data = [CHARSET.find(x) for x in bech[pos+1:]]
+    if not bech32_verify_checksum(hrp, data):
+        return (None, None)
+    return (hrp, data[:-6])
+
+
+def convertbits(data, frombits, tobits, pad=True):
+    """General power-of-2 base conversion."""
+    acc = 0
+    bits = 0
+    ret = []
+    maxv = (1 << tobits) - 1
+    max_acc = (1 << (frombits + tobits - 1)) - 1
+    for value in data:
+        if value < 0 or (value >> frombits):
+            return None
+        acc = ((acc << frombits) | value) & max_acc
+        bits += frombits
+        while bits >= tobits:
+            bits -= tobits
+            ret.append((acc >> bits) & maxv)
+    if pad:
+        if bits:
+            ret.append((acc << (tobits - bits)) & maxv)
+    elif bits >= frombits or ((acc << (tobits - bits)) & maxv):
+        return None
+    return ret
+
+
+def decode(hrp, addr):
+    """Decode a segwit address."""
+    hrpgot, data = bech32_decode(addr)
+    if hrpgot != hrp:
+        return (None, None)
+    decoded = convertbits(data[1:], 5, 8, False)
+    if decoded is None or len(decoded) < 2 or len(decoded) > 40:
+        return (None, None)
+    if data[0] > 16:
+        return (None, None)
+    if data[0] == 0 and len(decoded) != 20 and len(decoded) != 32:
+        return (None, None)
+    return (data[0], decoded)
+
+
+def encode(hrp, witver, witprog):
+    """Encode a segwit address."""
+    ret = bech32_encode(hrp, [witver] + convertbits(witprog, 8, 5))
+    if decode(hrp, ret) == (None, None):
+        return None
+    return ret
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cabc345..eb0ee53 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ setup(
     install_requires=[
         'pexpect',
         'requests',
-        'bech32',
         'incremental',
     ],
     setup_requires=[