diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9c3801265cc09b5ee9216ea9d148e4ce62661815..0111c5509eb738484982e085a3da446386f226d0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,29 +8,14 @@ authors = [
 ]
 edition = "2021"
 
-[dependencies]
-# convenience macros
-maplit = "1.0.2"
-derive_more = "0.99.2"
-
-# runtime
-bincode = "1.3.1"
-serde = { version = "1.0.114", features = ["derive"] }
-getrandom = "0.1.14" # tiny crate. used to guess controller-id
-
-# network
-mio = { version = "0.7.0", package = "mio", features = ["udp", "tcp", "os-poll"] }
-socket2 = { version = "0.3.12", optional = true }
+[features]
+default=["internet"]
+internet=["libc"]
 
-# protocol
-backtrace = "0.3"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-
-# ffi
+[dependencies]
 
-# socket ffi
-libc = { version = "^0.2", optional = true }
-os_socketaddr = { version = "0.1.0", optional = true }
+libc = { version = "^0.2", optional = true } # raw sockets
+mio = { version = "0.8", features = ["os-poll"] } # cross-platform IO notification queue
 
 # randomness
 rand = "0.8.4"