diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 50edef2f..9ccc65b4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4989,7 +4989,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
  "sequencer_core",
  "sequencer_rpc",
- "serde_json",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
diff --git a/sequencer_runner/Cargo.toml b/sequencer_runner/Cargo.toml
index 72001451..55f56dec 100644
--- a/sequencer_runner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sequencer_runner/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ sequencer_rpc.workspace = true
 
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive", "env"] }
 anyhow.workspace = true
-serde_json.workspace = true
 env_logger.workspace = true
 log.workspace = true
 actix.workspace = true