diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7cf4cede..a32259d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1128,7 +1128,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "qoqo_calculator",
  "qoqo_calculator_pyo3",
  "quote",
- "rayon",
  "regex",
  "roqoqo",
  "schemars",
diff --git a/qoqo/Cargo.toml b/qoqo/Cargo.toml
index 1652b9d9..5836b2a8 100644
--- a/qoqo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/qoqo/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ numpy = "0.21"
 bincode = "1.3"
 serde_json = "1.0"
 schemars = "0.8"
-rayon = "1.10"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 test-case = "3.0"