diff --git a/core/Cargo.lock b/core/Cargo.lock
index 46cac1c2d331..9752a5cb0409 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.lock
+++ b/core/Cargo.lock
@@ -2469,7 +2469,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "fallible-streaming-iterator",
  "hashlink",
  "libsqlite3-sys",
- "serde_json",
  "smallvec",
 ]
 
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 6a15d625954b..882aaa8aea05 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ rand = "0.8"
 uuid = { version = "1.1", features = ["v4"] }
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 axum = "0.5"
-rusqlite = { version = "0.29", features = ["bundled", "serde_json"] }
+rusqlite = { version = "0.29", features = ["bundled"] }
 tokio-postgres = "0.7"
 bb8 = "0.8"
 bb8-postgres = "0.8"