diff --git a/.changelog/3990.internal.md b/.changelog/3990.internal.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a32fbd054dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/3990.internal.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+runtime: Stop using the ring backend for snow
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 744c6cec7fa..23275f5c9b8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2284,7 +2284,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "chacha20poly1305",
  "rand 0.8.3",
  "rand_core 0.6.2",
- "ring",
  "rustc_version",
  "sha2",
  "subtle",
diff --git a/runtime/Cargo.toml b/runtime/Cargo.toml
index c2fae90e16e..7a3e08914bb 100644
--- a/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ webpki = "0.21.2"
 ring = "=0.16.11"
 untrusted = "0.7.0"
 bincode = "1.3.3"
-snow = { version = "0.8.0", default-features = false, features = ["ring-accelerated"] }
+snow = "0.8.0"
 percent-encoding = "2.1.0"
 pem = "0.8.3"
 chrono = "0.4.19"