diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f2cc71f55..82604c8c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3148,7 +3148,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "lemmy_utils",
  "moka",
  "once_cell",
- "serde",
  "tracing",
  "url",
  "uuid",
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml b/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
index e9053e318..af50c5648 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ uuid = { workspace = true }
 moka.workspace = true
 once_cell.workspace = true
 anyhow.workspace = true
-serde.workspace = true
 webmention = "0.5.0"
 accept-language = "3.1.0"