diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7b156fa3..8337bdf5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ members = [
   "coordinator/tributary",
   "coordinator",
 
+  "substrate/tree-cleanup/option-ext",
+  "substrate/tree-cleanup/directories-next",
   "substrate/tree-cleanup/bandersnatch_vrfs",
   "substrate/tree-cleanup/w3f-bls",
 
@@ -100,6 +102,17 @@ lazy_static = { git = "https://github.com/rust-lang-nursery/lazy-static.rs", rev
 sp-core-hashing = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/polkadot-sdk", branch = "experimental" }
 sp-std = { git = "https://github.com/serai-dex/polkadot-sdk", branch = "experimental" }
 
+# directories-next was created because directories was unmaintained
+# directories-next is now unmaintained while directories is maintained
+# The directories author pulls in ridiculously pointless crates and prefers
+# copyleft licenses
+# Serai's polkadot-sdk consolidated to directories-next, as directories-next is
+# acceptable and because we couldn't consolidate to directories without forking
+# wasmtime
+# The following two patches resolve everything
+option-ext = { path = "substrate/tree-cleanup/option-ext" }
+directories-next = { path = "substrate/tree-cleanup/directories-next" }
+
 # cargo believes the following are in-tree despite no features activating them
 # We provide empty crates to not only prove they're unused, yet also clean up
 # our Cargo.lock
diff --git a/substrate/tree-cleanup/directories-next/Cargo.toml b/substrate/tree-cleanup/directories-next/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7d73383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/substrate/tree-cleanup/directories-next/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[package]
+name = "directories-next"
+version = "2.0.0"
+description = "Patch from directories-next back to directories"
+license = "MIT"
+repository = "https://github.com/serai-dex/serai/tree/develop/substrate/tree-cleanup/directories-next"
+authors = ["Luke Parker <lukeparker5132@gmail.com>"]
+keywords = []
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.74"
+
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+all-features = true
+rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
+
+[dependencies]
+directories = "5"
diff --git a/substrate/tree-cleanup/directories-next/src/lib.rs b/substrate/tree-cleanup/directories-next/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb4871e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/substrate/tree-cleanup/directories-next/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub use directories::*;
diff --git a/substrate/tree-cleanup/option-ext/Cargo.toml b/substrate/tree-cleanup/option-ext/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6940b967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/substrate/tree-cleanup/option-ext/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[package]
+name = "option-ext"
+version = "0.2.0"
+description = "Non-MPL option-ext with the exactly needed API for directories"
+license = "MIT"
+repository = "https://github.com/serai-dex/serai/tree/develop/substrate/tree-cleanup/option-ext"
+authors = ["Luke Parker <lukeparker5132@gmail.com>"]
+keywords = []
+edition = "2021"
+rust-version = "1.74"
+
+[package.metadata.docs.rs]
+all-features = true
+rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
diff --git a/substrate/tree-cleanup/option-ext/src/lib.rs b/substrate/tree-cleanup/option-ext/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b075111c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/substrate/tree-cleanup/option-ext/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+pub trait OptionExt<T: PartialEq> {
+  fn contains(&self, x: &T) -> bool;
+}
+impl<T: PartialEq> OptionExt<T> for Option<T> {
+  fn contains(&self, x: &T) -> bool {
+    self.as_ref() == Some(x)
+  }
+}