diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a06bbf9c9..2ac3891f1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5340,7 +5340,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zenoh-link-commons",
  "zenoh-protocol",
  "zenoh-result",
- "zenoh-util",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tcp/Cargo.toml b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tcp/Cargo.toml
index 457aac78e..c6bce930e 100644
--- a/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/io/zenoh-links/zenoh-link-tcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,4 +35,3 @@ zenoh-core = { workspace = true }
 zenoh-link-commons = { workspace = true }
 zenoh-protocol = { workspace = true }
 zenoh-result = { workspace = true }
-zenoh-util = { workspace = true }