diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fbde45eae..14d7b487a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "num-integer 0.1.41 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "num-traits 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.99 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "time 0.1.42 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
@@ -758,7 +757,6 @@ version = "0.4.1"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "bitflags 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "chrono 0.4.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "crossbeam 0.7.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "data-encoding 2.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "encoding 0.2.33 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/melib/Cargo.toml b/melib/Cargo.toml
index 8cc886f36..e7a40533b 100644
--- a/melib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/melib/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ build = "build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 bitflags = "1.0"
-chrono = { version = "0.4", features = ["serde"] }
 crossbeam = "0.7.2"
 data-encoding = "2.1.1"
 encoding = "0.2.33"