diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 90a6dff1ab7b92bc91b68bef34252b9017e7b97b..65c9bd2d0799e751f87ad4f44e6c59e403ee6a1f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,26 +9,9 @@ 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 }
-
-# protocol
-backtrace = "0.3"
-lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-
-# socket ffi
+# ffi
 libc = { version = "^0.2", optional = true }
-os_socketaddr = { version = "0.1.0", optional = true }
 
 # randomness
 rand = "0.8.4"