diff --git a/packages/person-select/person-select.js b/packages/person-select/person-select.js
index 1f935b810333ea165b4d2fba3820cff7f39f3b9b..de96996cb677cc15b1d0e56276f82f0f364d3726 100644
--- a/packages/person-select/person-select.js
+++ b/packages/person-select/person-select.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import select2LangEn from './i18n/en/select2'
 import JSONLD from 'vpu-common/jsonld';
 import {html} from 'lit-element';
 import {i18n, dateTimeFormat, numberFormat} from './i18n.js';
-import VPULitElement from "./vpu-lit-element";
+import VPULitElement from 'vpu-common/vpu-lit-element';
 
 select2(window, $);
 
diff --git a/packages/person-select/vendor/common b/packages/person-select/vendor/common
index c3547c33cd647446e5bc4873ed49bc760801c098..344fb6b9932625aad4d82ab8c1d3c9cfa83e6058 160000
--- a/packages/person-select/vendor/common
+++ b/packages/person-select/vendor/common
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c3547c33cd647446e5bc4873ed49bc760801c098
+Subproject commit 344fb6b9932625aad4d82ab8c1d3c9cfa83e6058
diff --git a/packages/person-select/vpu-lit-element.js b/packages/person-select/vpu-lit-element.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cee389d51313866636395e54b7ec385e1dbfcc2f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/packages/person-select/vpu-lit-element.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import {LitElement} from "lit-element";
-import $ from "jquery";
-
-export default class VPULitElement extends LitElement {
-    $(selector) {
-        return $(this.shadowRoot === null ? this.querySelector(selector) : this.shadowRoot.querySelector(selector));
-    }
-}