diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c79c06601b..9be4f475c2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2419,7 +2419,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "target-lexicon",
  "tempfile",
  "test-programs",
- "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "wasi-common",
  "wasmtime",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 666f918b14..610a4bad6c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ tempfile = "3.1.0"
 test-programs = { path = "crates/test-programs" }
 wasmtime-fuzzing = { path = "crates/fuzzing" }
 wasmtime-runtime = { path = "crates/runtime" }
-tracing = "0.1.12"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.2.0"
 
 [build-dependencies]