diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 518b6d0..5b22f8b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ ark-relations = { git = "https://github.com/arkworks-rs/snark", default-features
 derivative = { version = "2", features = ["use_core"] }
 tracing = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = [ "attributes" ] }
 
-[build-dependencies]
-rustc_version = "0.2"
-
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = { version = "0.7", default-features = false }
 rand_xorshift = "0.2"