diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 76a59d5eb..58e81f9b0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -368,7 +368,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand_pcg",
  "rsconf",
  "serial_test",
- "unixstring",
  "widestring",
  "widestring-suffix",
 ]
@@ -1092,15 +1091,6 @@ version = "0.1.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c0edd1e5b14653f783770bce4a4dabb4a5108a5370a5f5d8cfe8710c361f6c8b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "unixstring"
-version = "0.2.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "366c5c5657cbe7a684b3476acc7b96d4087e953bf750b1eab4dfbffeda32b2f3"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.4"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 696463d7b..27ecf417f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ num-traits = "0.2.15"
 num-derive = "0.3.3"
 once_cell = "1.17.0"
 rand = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["small_rng"] }
-unixstring = "0.2.7"
 widestring = "1.0.2"
+# for tests
 rand_pcg = "0.3.1"
 git-version = "0.3"