diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a85189f..8944b14 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ version = "0.10.0"
 [dependencies.vmm-sys-util]
 version = "0.11.0"
 
-[dev-dependencies.criterion]
-version = "0.3.0"
-
 [dev-dependencies.memoffset]
 version = "0.7.1"