diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 40e6b64f5..4a3ddf452 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ heapsize = {version = ">=0.4.1, <0.5", optional = true}
 idna = { version = "0.1.0", path = "./idna" }
 matches = "0.1"
 percent-encoding = { version = "1.0.0", path = "./percent_encoding" }
-rustc-serialize = {version = "0.3", optional = true}
 serde = {version = ">=0.6.1, <0.9", optional = true}
 
 [[bench]]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 203b973bb..cc33b40cd 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ assert_eq!(css_url.as_str(), "http://servo.github.io/rust-url/main.css");
 
 #![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/url/1.7.0")]
 
-#[cfg(feature="rustc-serialize")] extern crate rustc_serialize;
 #[macro_use] extern crate matches;
 #[cfg(feature="serde")] extern crate serde;
 #[cfg(feature="heapsize")] #[macro_use] extern crate heapsize;
@@ -2226,23 +2225,6 @@ impl RangeArg for RangeTo<u32> {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature="rustc-serialize")]
-impl rustc_serialize::Encodable for Url {
-    fn encode<S: rustc_serialize::Encoder>(&self, encoder: &mut S) -> Result<(), S::Error> {
-        encoder.emit_str(self.as_str())
-    }
-}
-
-
-#[cfg(feature="rustc-serialize")]
-impl rustc_serialize::Decodable for Url {
-    fn decode<D: rustc_serialize::Decoder>(decoder: &mut D) -> Result<Url, D::Error> {
-        Url::parse(&*decoder.read_str()?).map_err(|error| {
-            decoder.error(&format!("URL parsing error: {}", error))
-        })
-    }
-}
-
 /// Serializes this URL into a `serde` stream.
 ///
 /// This implementation is only available if the `serde` Cargo feature is enabled.