diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5c799c8f2..873d1a0f7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1248,7 +1248,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libp2p",
  "owo-colors",
  "rand 0.8.5",
- "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
diff --git a/crates/node/Cargo.toml b/crates/node/Cargo.toml
index eda8d0614..1d9d1f358 100644
--- a/crates/node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ libp2p.workspace = true
 owo-colors.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
-serde.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["io-std", "macros"] }
 tracing.workspace = true
 url.workspace = true