diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c33aeec8..f42cf8d2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,4 @@ anyhow = "1"
 antidote = "1.0.0"
 linked_hash_set = "0.1"
 openssl-macros = "0.1.1"
-tower = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["util"] }
-tower-layer = "0.3"
-tower-service = "0.3"
 autocfg = "1.3.0"