diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3eab93c..b9b4ba7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ criterion = "0.5.1"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 test-log = "0.2.16"
 lz4_flex = { version = "0.11.3" }
-bytes = { version = "1.8.0" }
 
 [[bench]]
 name = "value_log"