diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0e269bc..49f4f98 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -144,31 +144,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam-deque"
-version = "0.8.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "613f8cc01fe9cf1a3eb3d7f488fd2fa8388403e97039e2f73692932e291a770d"
-dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-epoch",
- "crossbeam-utils",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam-epoch"
-version = "0.9.18"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b82ac4a3c2ca9c3460964f020e1402edd5753411d7737aa39c3714ad1b5420e"
-dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-utils",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam-utils"
-version = "0.8.20"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "22ec99545bb0ed0ea7bb9b8e1e9122ea386ff8a48c0922e43f36d45ab09e0e80"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dust-lang"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -179,7 +154,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
  "log",
  "rand",
- "rayon",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
 ]
@@ -195,12 +169,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "either"
-version = "1.13.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "60b1af1c220855b6ceac025d3f6ecdd2b7c4894bfe9cd9bda4fbb4bc7c0d4cf0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "env_filter"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -357,26 +325,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rayon"
-version = "1.10.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b418a60154510ca1a002a752ca9714984e21e4241e804d32555251faf8b78ffa"
-dependencies = [
- "either",
- "rayon-core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rayon-core"
-version = "1.12.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1465873a3dfdaa8ae7cb14b4383657caab0b3e8a0aa9ae8e04b044854c8dfce2"
-dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-deque",
- "crossbeam-utils",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.11.1"
diff --git a/dust-lang/Cargo.toml b/dust-lang/Cargo.toml
index ff484b8..b0e5d37 100644
--- a/dust-lang/Cargo.toml
+++ b/dust-lang/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ colored = "2.1.0"
 env_logger = "0.11.3"
 log = "0.4.22"
 rand = "0.8.5"
-rayon = "1.9.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.203", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.117"
 getrandom = { version = "0.2", features = [