diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9d22a45ac..4836f8c50 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1838,7 +1838,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_with",
- "sha3",
  "tempfile",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
diff --git a/rusk/Cargo.toml b/rusk/Cargo.toml
index cc8bd8650..822ba0448 100644
--- a/rusk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rusk/Cargo.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ bytecheck = { workspace = true }
 dirs = { workspace = true }
 blake3 = { workspace = true }
 
-sha3 = { workspace = true }
 dusk-bytes = { workspace = true }
 kadcast = { workspace = true }
 pin-project = { workspace = true }