diff --git a/src/tools/opt-dist/Cargo.toml b/src/tools/opt-dist/Cargo.toml
index b0db8346f7ed..279b19d50577 100644
--- a/src/tools/opt-dist/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/tools/opt-dist/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ fs_extra = "1"
 camino = "1"
 tar = "0.4"
 xz = { version = "0.1", package = "xz2" }
-serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 glob = "0.3"
 tempfile = "3.5"