diff --git a/tig-protocol/Cargo.toml b/tig-protocol/Cargo.toml
index bd06866d..afa5ed2a 100644
--- a/tig-protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tig-protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ hex = "0.4.3"
 rand = "0.8.4"
 serde = { version = "1.0.196", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.113" }
-tokio = { version = "1.41.1", features = ["full"] }
 tig-structs = { path = "../tig-structs" }
 tig-utils = { path = "../tig-utils", features = ["web3"] }