diff --git a/bird-ide/pom.xml b/bird-ide/pom.xml
index 410526c..a2708c4 100644
--- a/bird-ide/pom.xml
+++ b/bird-ide/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.rascalmpl</groupId>
       <artifactId>rascal-lsp</artifactId>
+      <exclusions> <!-- we exclude dependencies we don't really need, or maybe want to have our own -->
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.rascalmpl</groupId>
+          <artifactId>typepal</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.rascalmpl</groupId>
+          <artifactId>rascal</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>engineering.swat</groupId>
diff --git a/bird-ide/src/main/rascal/lang/bird/LanguageServer.rsc b/bird-ide/src/main/rascal/lang/bird/LanguageServer.rsc
index 79cfdd1..dc21ace 100644
--- a/bird-ide/src/main/rascal/lang/bird/LanguageServer.rsc
+++ b/bird-ide/src/main/rascal/lang/bird/LanguageServer.rsc
@@ -164,9 +164,12 @@ list[loc] libs = [
 ];
 
 void main() {
+    pcfg = getProjectPathConfig(|project://bird-ide|);
+    pcfg = pcfg[srcs = pcfg.srcs + |project://bird-core/src/main/rascal|];
+    unregisterLanguage("Bird", {"bird"});
     registerLanguage(
         language(
-            pathConfig(srcs=[|project://bird-core/src/main/rascal|, |project://bird-ide/src/main/rascal|, *libs]),
+            pcfg,
             "Bird",
             {"bird"},
             "lang::bird::LanguageServer",
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9202228..51fffcd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,23 +27,27 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.rascalmpl</groupId>
             <artifactId>rascal</artifactId>
-            <version>0.43.0-RC3</version>
+            <version>0.43.1-RC13-SNAPSHOT</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.rascalmpl</groupId>
             <artifactId>rascal-lsp</artifactId>
-            <version>2.22.5</version>
+            <version>2.22.6-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <exclusions> <!-- we exclude dependencies we don't really need, or maybe want to have our own -->
               <exclusion>
                 <groupId>org.rascalmpl</groupId>
                 <artifactId>typepal</artifactId>
               </exclusion>
+              <exclusion>
+                <groupId>org.rascalmpl</groupId>
+                <artifactId>rascal</artifactId>
+              </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.rascalmpl</groupId>
             <artifactId>typepal</artifactId>
-            <version>0.17.0-RC2</version>
+            <version>0.17.0</version>
           </dependency>
           <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>