diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a223f9005..cf5c40c73 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ libc = "0.2.137"
 lru = "0.10.0"
 nix = { version = "0.25.0", default-features = false, features = ["inotify", "resource"] }
 num-traits = "0.2.15"
-# to make integer->enum conversion easier
-num-derive = "0.3.3"
 once_cell = "1.17.0"
 rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["small_rng"] }
 widestring = "1.0.2"