diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index cb6580e32..a2124c1cc 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@ steps:
     when:
       - event: pull_request
 
-  cargo_machete:
+  cargo_shear:
     image: *rust_nightly_image
     commands:
       - *install_binstall
-      - cargo binstall -y cargo-machete
-      - cargo machete
+      - cargo binstall -y cargo-shear
+      - cargo shear
     when:
       - event: pull_request
 
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3cfec53eb..491b7cc94 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2570,7 +2570,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "html2md",
  "html2text",
- "http 1.1.0",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
  "lemmy_api_common",
  "lemmy_db_schema",
@@ -2815,7 +2814,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "markdown-it-sup",
  "pretty_assertions",
  "regex",
- "reqwest 0.12.8",
  "reqwest-middleware",
  "rosetta-build",
  "rosetta-i18n",
diff --git a/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml b/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
index 4eabfe5f9..f939985e8 100644
--- a/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jsonwebtoken = { version = "9.3.0", optional = true }
 # necessary for wasmt compilation
 getrandom = { version = "0.2.15", features = ["js"] }
 
-[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
+[package.metadata.cargo-shear]
 ignored = ["getrandom"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml b/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
index 2793beac3..723864705 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ serde_json = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_with = { workspace = true }
 
-[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
+[package.metadata.cargo-shear]
 ignored = ["futures"]
diff --git a/crates/apub/Cargo.toml b/crates/apub/Cargo.toml
index 660489a68..55eadeaf9 100644
--- a/crates/apub/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/apub/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ tokio = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 strum = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
-http = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/db_schema/Cargo.toml b/crates/db_schema/Cargo.toml
index aeaa55c93..c9b2a7930 100644
--- a/crates/db_schema/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/db_schema/Cargo.toml
@@ -82,6 +82,3 @@ derive-new.workspace = true
 [dev-dependencies]
 serial_test = { workspace = true }
 pretty_assertions = { workspace = true }
-
-[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
-ignored = ["strum"]
diff --git a/crates/db_views_actor/Cargo.toml b/crates/db_views_actor/Cargo.toml
index c29b7d66d..d623959d5 100644
--- a/crates/db_views_actor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/db_views_actor/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,3 @@ pretty_assertions = { workspace = true }
 url.workspace = true
 lemmy_db_views.workspace = true
 lemmy_utils.workspace = true
-
-[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
-ignored = ["strum"]
diff --git a/crates/utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
index 1c99e89c2..c22f863c1 100644
--- a/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ full = [
   "dep:markdown-it",
 ]
 
+[package.metadata.cargo-shear]
+ignored = ["http"]
+
 [dependencies]
 regex = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true, optional = true }
@@ -88,7 +91,6 @@ markdown-it-sup = "1.0.0"
 markdown-it-ruby = "1.0.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-reqwest = { workspace = true }
 pretty_assertions = { workspace = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]