diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2c298eed..d5ea9e15 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -776,9 +776,6 @@ name = "tree-sitter-highlight"
 version = "0.1.6"
 dependencies = [
  "regex 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde 1.0.80 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde_derive 1.0.80 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "serde_json 1.0.33 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tree-sitter 0.6.3",
 ]
 
diff --git a/highlight/Cargo.toml b/highlight/Cargo.toml
index b0d32c02..94a4e032 100644
--- a/highlight/Cargo.toml
+++ b/highlight/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ crate-type = ["lib", "staticlib"]
 
 [dependencies]
 regex = "1"
-serde = "1.0"
-serde_json = "1.0"
-serde_derive = "1.0"
 
 [dependencies.tree-sitter]
 version = ">= 0.3.7"