diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9b6bc53..4c9b79d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ version = "0.14.0"
 [dependencies.vmm-sys-util]
 version = "0.12.1"
 
-[dev-dependencies.criterion]
-version = "0.5.1"
-
 [dev-dependencies.memoffset]
 version = "0.9.0"