diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3cfec53eb..9217be579 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2539,7 +2539,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bcrypt",
  "chrono",
- "futures",
  "lemmy_api_common",
  "lemmy_db_schema",
  "lemmy_db_views",
@@ -2570,7 +2569,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "html2md",
  "html2text",
- "http 1.1.0",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
  "lemmy_api_common",
  "lemmy_db_schema",
@@ -2815,7 +2813,6 @@ 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..8dae46c5b 100644
--- a/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ getrandom = { version = "0.2.15", features = ["js"] }
 [package.metadata.cargo-machete]
 ignored = ["getrandom"]
 
+[package.metadata.cargo-shear]
+ignored = ["getrandom"]
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 serial_test = { workspace = true }
 reqwest-middleware = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml b/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
index 2793beac3..05b88e211 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ bcrypt = { workspace = true }
 actix-web = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
-futures.workspace = true
 uuid = { workspace = true }
 moka.workspace = true
 anyhow.workspace = true
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/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]