diff --git a/kafkaesque/Cargo.toml b/kafkaesque/Cargo.toml
index 4ba07f664..6e1dbf5d8 100644
--- a/kafkaesque/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kafkaesque/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors = ["Frank McSherry <fmcsherry@me.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-clap="*"
 abomonation="0.7"
 timely = { path = "../timely" }