diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 21683b014..1f16cb165 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1910,7 +1910,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "backoff",
  "blake2",
- "bytes",
  "chrono",
  "config",
  "criterion",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0aaa664a4..60efdbdb3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ assert_matches = "1.5.0"
 async-trait = "0.1.81"
 backoff = "0.4.0"
 blake2 = "0.10.6"
-bytes = "1.5.0"
 cargo_metadata = "0.17.0"
 clap = { version = "4.5.9", features = [
     "derive",
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index a577d1d17..dc9e1bc2e 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ version_check = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 backoff = { workspace = true }
 blake2 = { workspace = true }
-bytes = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true }
 config = { workspace = true }
 digest = { workspace = true }