diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6e5d8df08f7..42285e58ae1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ configure(subprojects) {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
         maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
-        maven { url 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JesusMcCloud/tor-binary/8.0.3/release/' }
     }
 
     dependencies {
@@ -190,10 +189,10 @@ configure(project(':common')) {
 configure(project(':p2p')) {
     dependencies {
         compile project(':common')
-        compile('com.github.JesusMcCloud.netlayer:tor.native:0.6') {
+        compile('com.github.JesusMcCloud.netlayer:tor.native:0.6.1') {
             exclude(module: 'slf4j-api')
         }
-        compile('com.github.JesusMcCloud.netlayer:tor.external:0.6') {
+        compile('com.github.JesusMcCloud.netlayer:tor.external:0.6.1') {
             exclude(module: 'slf4j-api')
         }
         compile('org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.3') {
diff --git a/p2p/src/main/java/bisq/network/p2p/network/NewTor.java b/p2p/src/main/java/bisq/network/p2p/network/NewTor.java
index 69c0461699b..b94c3886028 100644
--- a/p2p/src/main/java/bisq/network/p2p/network/NewTor.java
+++ b/p2p/src/main/java/bisq/network/p2p/network/NewTor.java
@@ -47,21 +47,12 @@
 @Slf4j
 public class NewTor extends TorMode {
 
-    /**
-     * <code>Netlayer</code> stores its hidden service files in a custom
-     * subdirectory of <code>$torDir/hiddenservice/</code>. Note that the
-     * {@link HiddenServiceSocket} does add this part on its own, hence,
-     * {@link NewTor#getHiddenServiceDirectory()} returns only the custom
-     * subdirectory (which happens to be <code>""</code>)
-     */
-    private static final String HIDDEN_SERVICE_DIRECTORY = "hiddenservice";
-
     private final String torrcFile;
     private final String torrcOptions;
     private final Collection<String> bridgeEntries;
 
     public NewTor(File torWorkingDirectory, String torrcFile, String torrcOptions, Collection<String> bridgeEntries) {
-        super(torWorkingDirectory, HIDDEN_SERVICE_DIRECTORY);
+        super(torWorkingDirectory);
         this.torrcFile = torrcFile;
         this.torrcOptions = torrcOptions;
         this.bridgeEntries = bridgeEntries;
diff --git a/p2p/src/main/java/bisq/network/p2p/network/RunningTor.java b/p2p/src/main/java/bisq/network/p2p/network/RunningTor.java
index 88aae8c4870..4af31d2ab94 100644
--- a/p2p/src/main/java/bisq/network/p2p/network/RunningTor.java
+++ b/p2p/src/main/java/bisq/network/p2p/network/RunningTor.java
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 @Slf4j
 public class RunningTor extends TorMode {
 
-    private static final String EXTERNAL_TOR_HIDDEN_SERVICE = "externalTorHiddenService";
     private final int controlPort;
     private final String password;
     private final File cookieFile;
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ public class RunningTor extends TorMode {
 
     public RunningTor(final File torDir, final int controlPort, final String password, final String cookieFile,
             final boolean useSafeCookieAuthentication) {
-        super(torDir, EXTERNAL_TOR_HIDDEN_SERVICE);
+        super(torDir);
         this.controlPort = controlPort;
         this.password = password;
         this.cookieFile = new File(cookieFile);
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ else if (cookieFile.exists())
 
     @Override
     public String getHiddenServiceDirectory() {
-        return new File(torDir, EXTERNAL_TOR_HIDDEN_SERVICE).getAbsolutePath();
+        return new File(torDir, HIDDEN_SERVICE_DIRECTORY).getAbsolutePath();
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/p2p/src/main/java/bisq/network/p2p/network/TorMode.java b/p2p/src/main/java/bisq/network/p2p/network/TorMode.java
index 1ddcda3e281..b1a8e88b823 100644
--- a/p2p/src/main/java/bisq/network/p2p/network/TorMode.java
+++ b/p2p/src/main/java/bisq/network/p2p/network/TorMode.java
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
 public abstract class TorMode {
 
     /**
-     * The directory where the <code>private_key</code> file sits in. Kept private,
-     * because it is only valid for the {@link TorMode#doRollingBackup()} due to the
-     * inner workings of the <code>Netlayer</code> dependency.
+     * The sub-directory where the <code>private_key</code> file sits in. Kept
+     * private, because it only concerns implementations of {@link TorMode}.
      */
-    private final File hiddenServiceDirectory;
+    protected static final String HIDDEN_SERVICE_DIRECTORY = "hiddenservice";
+
     protected final File torDir;
 
     /**
@@ -51,9 +51,8 @@ public abstract class TorMode {
      *                         necessarily equal
      *                         {@link TorMode#getHiddenServiceDirectory()}.
      */
-    public TorMode(File torDir, String hiddenServiceDir) {
+    public TorMode(File torDir) {
         this.torDir = torDir;
-        this.hiddenServiceDirectory = new File(torDir, hiddenServiceDir);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -70,9 +69,9 @@ public TorMode(File torDir, String hiddenServiceDir) {
      * other stuff to the hiddenServiceDir, thus, selecting nothing (i.e.
      * <code>""</code>) as a hidden service directory is fine. {@link ExternalTor},
      * however, does not have a Tor installation path and thus, takes the hidden
-     * service path literally. Hence, we set
-     * <code>"torDir/externalTorHiddenService"</code> as the hidden service
-     * directory.
+     * service path literally. Hence, we set <code>"torDir/hiddenservice"</code> as
+     * the hidden service directory. By doing so, we use the same
+     * <code>private_key</code> file as in {@link NewTor} mode.
      * 
      * @return <code>""</code> in {@link NewTor} Mode,
      *         <code>"torDir/externalTorHiddenService"</code> in {@link RunningTor}
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ public TorMode(File torDir, String hiddenServiceDir) {
      * Do a rolling backup of the "private_key" file.
      */
     protected void doRollingBackup() {
-        FileUtil.rollingBackup(hiddenServiceDirectory, "private_key", 20);
+        FileUtil.rollingBackup(new File(torDir, HIDDEN_SERVICE_DIRECTORY), "private_key", 20);
     }
 
 }