diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b22c3065..18f50af6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -453,7 +453,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "helix-view",
  "ignore",
  "log",
- "num_cpus",
  "once_cell",
  "pulldown-cmark",
  "retain_mut",
diff --git a/helix-term/Cargo.toml b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
index 4b2611ed..706453ae 100644
--- a/helix-term/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ which = "4.2"
 ropey = { version = "1.4", default-features = false }
 
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "rt-multi-thread", "io-util", "io-std", "time", "process", "macros", "fs", "parking_lot"] }
-num_cpus = "1"
 tui = { path = "../helix-tui", package = "helix-tui", default-features = false, features = ["crossterm"] }
 crossterm = { version = "0.23", features = ["event-stream"] }
 signal-hook = "0.3"