diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9abc28bc264..b891354644a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -296,7 +296,6 @@ memchr = "2"
 nix = { version="0.26", default-features=false }
 nom = "7.1.3"
 notify = { version = "=5.1.0", features=["macos_kqueue"]}
-num_cpus = "1.15"
 num-bigint = "0.4.3"
 num-traits = "0.2.15"
 number_prefix = "0.4"