diff --git a/.github/workflows/arrow.yml b/.github/workflows/arrow.yml
index d065c554bbf4..daf38f2523fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/arrow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/arrow.yml
@@ -61,39 +61,39 @@ jobs:
           submodules: true
       - name: Setup Rust toolchain
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
-      - name: Test arrow-buffer with all features
+      - name: Test arrow-buffer
         run: cargo test -p arrow-buffer --all-features
-      - name: Test arrow-data with all features
+      - name: Test arrow-data
         run: cargo test -p arrow-data --all-features
-      - name: Test arrow-schema with all features
+      - name: Test arrow-schema
         run: cargo test -p arrow-schema --all-features
-      - name: Test arrow-array with all features
+      - name: Test arrow-array
         run: cargo test -p arrow-array --all-features
-      - name: Test arrow-select with all features
+      - name: Test arrow-select
         run: cargo test -p arrow-select --all-features
-      - name: Test arrow-cast with all features
+      - name: Test arrow-cast
         run: cargo test -p arrow-cast --all-features
-      - name: Test arrow-ipc with all features
+      - name: Test arrow-ipc
         run: cargo test -p arrow-ipc --all-features
-      - name: Test arrow-csv with all features
+      - name: Test arrow-csv
         run: cargo test -p arrow-csv --all-features
-      - name: Test arrow-json with all features
+      - name: Test arrow-json
         run: cargo test -p arrow-json --all-features
-      - name: Test arrow-avro with all features
+      - name: Test arrow-avro
         run: cargo test -p arrow-avro --all-features
-      - name: Test arrow-string with all features
+      - name: Test arrow-string
         run: cargo test -p arrow-string --all-features
-      - name: Test arrow-ord with all features
+      - name: Test arrow-ord
         run: cargo test -p arrow-ord --all-features
-      - name: Test arrow-arith with all features
+      - name: Test arrow-arith
         run: cargo test -p arrow-arith --all-features
-      - name: Test arrow-row with all features
+      - name: Test arrow-row
         run: cargo test -p arrow-row --all-features
-      - name: Test arrow-integration-test with all features
+      - name: Test arrow-integration-test
         run: cargo test -p arrow-integration-test --all-features
       - name: Test arrow with default features
         run: cargo test -p arrow
-      - name: Test arrow with all features except pyarrow
+      - name: Test arrow except pyarrow
         run: cargo test -p arrow --features=force_validate,prettyprint,ipc_compression,ffi,chrono-tz
       - name: Run examples
         run: |
@@ -163,37 +163,139 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
       - name: Setup Clippy
         run: rustup component add clippy
-      - name: Clippy arrow-buffer with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow-buffer --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-      - name: Clippy arrow-data with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow-data --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-      - name: Clippy arrow-schema with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow-schema --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-      - name: Clippy arrow-array with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow-array --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-      - name: Clippy arrow-select with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow-select --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-      - name: Clippy arrow-cast with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow-cast --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-      - name: Clippy arrow-ipc with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow-ipc --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-      - name: Clippy arrow-csv with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow-csv --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-      - name: Clippy arrow-json with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow-json --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-      - name: Clippy arrow-avro with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow-avro --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-      - name: Clippy arrow-string with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow-string --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-      - name: Clippy arrow-ord with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow-ord --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-      - name: Clippy arrow-arith with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow-arith --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-      - name: Clippy arrow-row with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow-row --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-      - name: Clippy arrow with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings
-      - name: Clippy arrow-integration-test with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow-integration-test --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
-      - name: Clippy arrow-integration-testing with all features
-        run: cargo clippy -p arrow-integration-testing --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+      - name: Clippy arrow-buffer
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow-buffer
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+      - name: Clippy arrow-data
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow-data
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+      - name: Clippy arrow-schema
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow-schema
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+      - name: Clippy arrow-array
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow-array
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+      - name: Clippy arrow-select
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow-select
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+      - name: Clippy arrow-cast
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow-cast
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+      - name: Clippy arrow-ipc
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow-ipc
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+      - name: Clippy arrow-csv
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow-csv
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+      - name: Clippy arrow-json
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow-json
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+      - name: Clippy arrow-avro
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow-avro
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+      - name: Clippy arrow-string
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow-string
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+      - name: Clippy arrow-ord
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow-ord
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+      - name: Clippy arrow-arith
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow-arith
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+      - name: Clippy arrow-row
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow-row
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+      - name: Clippy arrow
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+      - name: Clippy arrow-integration-test
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow-integration-test
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+      - name: Clippy arrow-integration-testing
+        run: |
+          mod=arrow-integration-testing
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+          # Dependency checks excluding tests & benches.
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --all-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
+          cargo clippy -p "$mod" --no-default-features -- -D unused_crate_dependencies
diff --git a/arrow-csv/Cargo.toml b/arrow-csv/Cargo.toml
index 4729779c43ba..8823924eb55b 100644
--- a/arrow-csv/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow-csv/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ bench = false
 
 [dependencies]
 arrow-array = { workspace = true }
-arrow-buffer = { workspace = true }
 arrow-cast = { workspace = true }
 arrow-schema = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true }
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ lazy_static = { version = "1.4", default-features = false }
 regex = { version = "1.7.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "unicode", "perf"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+arrow-buffer = { workspace = true }
 tempfile = "3.3"
 futures = "0.3"
 tokio = { version = "1.27", default-features = false, features = ["io-util"] }
diff --git a/arrow-flight/Cargo.toml b/arrow-flight/Cargo.toml
index 012d3947f02b..fbb295036a9b 100644
--- a/arrow-flight/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow-flight/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ base64 = { version = "0.22", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 bytes = { version = "1", default-features = false }
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 once_cell = { version = "1", optional = true }
-paste = { version = "1.0" }
+paste = { version = "1.0" , optional = true }
 prost = { version = "0.13.1", default-features = false, features = ["prost-derive"] }
 # For Timestamp type
 prost-types = { version = "0.13.1", default-features = false }
-tokio = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["macros", "rt", "rt-multi-thread"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["macros", "rt", "rt-multi-thread"], optional = true }
 tonic = { version = "0.12.3", default-features = false, features = ["transport", "codegen", "prost"] }
 
 # CLI-related dependencies
@@ -61,11 +61,10 @@ all-features = true
 
 [features]
 default = []
-flight-sql-experimental = ["dep:arrow-arith", "dep:arrow-data", "dep:arrow-ord", "dep:arrow-row", "dep:arrow-select", "dep:arrow-string", "dep:once_cell"]
+flight-sql-experimental = ["dep:arrow-arith", "dep:arrow-data", "dep:arrow-ord", "dep:arrow-row", "dep:arrow-select", "dep:arrow-string", "dep:once_cell", "dep:paste"]
 tls = ["tonic/tls"]
-
 # Enable CLI tools
-cli = ["dep:anyhow", "arrow-array/chrono-tz", "arrow-cast/prettyprint", "dep:clap", "dep:tracing-log", "dep:tracing-subscriber", "tonic/tls-webpki-roots"]
+cli = ["arrow-array/chrono-tz", "arrow-cast/prettyprint", "tonic/tls-webpki-roots", "dep:anyhow", "dep:clap", "dep:tracing-log", "dep:tracing-subscriber"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 arrow-cast = { workspace = true, features = ["prettyprint"] }
@@ -75,6 +74,9 @@ http-body = "1.0.0"
 hyper-util = "0.1"
 pin-project-lite = "0.2"
 tempfile = "3.3"
+tracing-log = { version = "0.2" }
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.1", default-features = false, features = ["ansi", "env-filter", "fmt"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["macros", "rt", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", features = ["net"] }
 tower = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["util"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.10.0", features = ["v4"] }
diff --git a/arrow-flight/src/lib.rs b/arrow-flight/src/lib.rs
index 9f18416c06ec..81fa99faeb93 100644
--- a/arrow-flight/src/lib.rs
+++ b/arrow-flight/src/lib.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 //! [Flight SQL]: https://arrow.apache.org/docs/format/FlightSql.html
 #![allow(rustdoc::invalid_html_tags)]
 #![warn(missing_docs)]
+// The unused_crate_dependencies lint does not work well for crates defining additional examples/bin targets
+#![allow(unused_crate_dependencies)]
 
 use arrow_ipc::{convert, writer, writer::EncodedData, writer::IpcWriteOptions};
 use arrow_schema::{ArrowError, Schema};
diff --git a/arrow-integration-testing/Cargo.toml b/arrow-integration-testing/Cargo.toml
index 0ebbc05a8b83..8654b4b92734 100644
--- a/arrow-integration-testing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow-integration-testing/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,18 +36,17 @@ logging = ["tracing-subscriber"]
 [dependencies]
 arrow = { path = "../arrow", default-features = false, features = ["test_utils", "ipc", "ipc_compression", "json", "ffi"] }
 arrow-flight = { path = "../arrow-flight", default-features = false }
-arrow-buffer = { path = "../arrow-buffer", default-features = false }
 arrow-integration-test = { path = "../arrow-integration-test", default-features = false }
-async-trait = { version = "0.1.41", default-features = false }
 clap = { version = "4", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive", "help", "error-context", "usage"] }
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 prost = { version = "0.13", default-features = false }
 serde = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["rc", "derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
-tokio = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
+tokio = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = [ "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tonic = { version = "0.12", default-features = false }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.1", default-features = false, features = ["fmt"], optional = true }
 flate2 = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["rust_backend"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+arrow-buffer = { path = "../arrow-buffer", default-features = false }
 tempfile = { version = "3", default-features = false }
diff --git a/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/arrow-file-to-stream.rs b/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/arrow-file-to-stream.rs
index 3e027faef91f..661f0a047db4 100644
--- a/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/arrow-file-to-stream.rs
+++ b/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/arrow-file-to-stream.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
+// The unused_crate_dependencies lint does not work well for crates defining additional examples/bin targets
+#![allow(unused_crate_dependencies)]
+
 use arrow::error::Result;
 use arrow::ipc::reader::FileReader;
 use arrow::ipc::writer::StreamWriter;
diff --git a/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/arrow-json-integration-test.rs b/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/arrow-json-integration-test.rs
index cc3dd2110e36..6a901cc63bab 100644
--- a/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/arrow-json-integration-test.rs
+++ b/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/arrow-json-integration-test.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
+// The unused_crate_dependencies lint does not work well for crates defining additional examples/bin targets
+#![allow(unused_crate_dependencies)]
+
 use arrow::error::{ArrowError, Result};
 use arrow::ipc::reader::FileReader;
 use arrow::ipc::writer::FileWriter;
diff --git a/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/arrow-stream-to-file.rs b/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/arrow-stream-to-file.rs
index 07ac5c7ddd42..8b4bb332781c 100644
--- a/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/arrow-stream-to-file.rs
+++ b/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/arrow-stream-to-file.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
+// The unused_crate_dependencies lint does not work well for crates defining additional examples/bin targets
+#![allow(unused_crate_dependencies)]
+
 use std::io;
 
 use arrow::error::Result;
diff --git a/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/flight-test-integration-client.rs b/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/flight-test-integration-client.rs
index b8bbb952837b..0d16fe3b403f 100644
--- a/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/flight-test-integration-client.rs
+++ b/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/flight-test-integration-client.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
+// The unused_crate_dependencies lint does not work well for crates defining additional examples/bin targets
+#![allow(unused_crate_dependencies)]
+
 use arrow_integration_testing::flight_client_scenarios;
 use clap::Parser;
 type Error = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>;
diff --git a/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/flight-test-integration-server.rs b/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/flight-test-integration-server.rs
index 5310d07d4f8e..94be71309799 100644
--- a/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/flight-test-integration-server.rs
+++ b/arrow-integration-testing/src/bin/flight-test-integration-server.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
+// The unused_crate_dependencies lint does not work well for crates defining additional examples/bin targets
+#![allow(unused_crate_dependencies)]
+
 use arrow_integration_testing::flight_server_scenarios;
 use clap::Parser;
 
diff --git a/arrow-integration-testing/src/lib.rs b/arrow-integration-testing/src/lib.rs
index c8ce01e9f13b..e669690ef4f5 100644
--- a/arrow-integration-testing/src/lib.rs
+++ b/arrow-integration-testing/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 //! Common code used in the integration test binaries
 
+// The unused_crate_dependencies lint does not work well for crates defining additional examples/bin targets
+#![allow(unused_crate_dependencies)]
 #![warn(missing_docs)]
 use serde_json::Value;
 
diff --git a/arrow-ord/Cargo.toml b/arrow-ord/Cargo.toml
index a2894c020296..8d74d2f97d72 100644
--- a/arrow-ord/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow-ord/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ arrow-buffer = { workspace = true }
 arrow-data = { workspace = true }
 arrow-schema = { workspace = true }
 arrow-select = { workspace = true }
-half = { version = "2.1", default-features = false, features = ["num-traits"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+half = { version = "2.1", default-features = false, features = ["num-traits"] }
 rand = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = ["std", "std_rng"] }
diff --git a/arrow-row/Cargo.toml b/arrow-row/Cargo.toml
index 3754afb4dbc6..90d99684d265 100644
--- a/arrow-row/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow-row/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ name = "arrow_row"
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 bench = false
 
-[target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
-ahash = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = ["compile-time-rng"] }
-
-[target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
-ahash = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = ["runtime-rng"] }
-
 [dependencies]
 arrow-array = { workspace = true }
 arrow-buffer = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/arrow/Cargo.toml b/arrow/Cargo.toml
index 32b2384afe7b..8860cd61c5b3 100644
--- a/arrow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ arrow-string = { workspace = true }
 rand = { version = "0.8", default-features = false, features = ["std", "std_rng"], optional = true }
 pyo3 = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
-chrono = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 features = ["prettyprint", "ipc_compression", "ffi", "pyarrow"]
 
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ prettyprint = ["arrow-cast/prettyprint"]
 # not the core arrow code itself. Be aware that `rand` must be kept as
 # an optional dependency for supporting compile to wasm32-unknown-unknown
 # target without assuming an environment containing JavaScript.
-test_utils = ["rand", "dep:chrono"]
+test_utils = ["dep:rand"]
 pyarrow = ["pyo3", "ffi"]
 # force_validate runs full data validation for all arrays that are created
 # this is not enabled by default as it is too computationally expensive