diff --git a/cumulus/Cargo.lock b/cumulus/Cargo.lock
index 8103cee907..6df5f582b1 100644
--- a/cumulus/Cargo.lock
+++ b/cumulus/Cargo.lock
@@ -524,7 +524,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "sr-primitives 2.0.0 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/substrate?branch=bkchr-cumulus-branch)",
  "substrate-client 2.0.0 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/substrate?branch=bkchr-cumulus-branch)",
  "substrate-consensus-common 2.0.0 (git+https://github.com/paritytech/substrate?branch=bkchr-cumulus-branch)",
- "tokio 0.1.22 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/cumulus/network/Cargo.toml b/cumulus/network/Cargo.toml
index 4fa884b385..ba74fb29f4 100644
--- a/cumulus/network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cumulus/network/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@ polkadot-statement-table = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot", bra
 polkadot-validation = { git = "https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot", branch = "bkchr-cumulus-branch" }
 
 # other deps
-tokio = "0.1.22"
 codec = { package = "parity-scale-codec", version = "1.0.5", features = [ "derive" ] }