diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c29620ee7..a34dbf942 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1668,7 +1668,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
  "signal-hook",
- "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "url",
  "vfio-ioctls",
diff --git a/vmm/Cargo.toml b/vmm/Cargo.toml
index fd785599f..2e79b9fa4 100644
--- a/vmm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vmm/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ serde = {version = ">=1.0.27", features = ["rc"] }
 serde_derive = ">=1.0.27"
 serde_json = ">=1.0.9"
 signal-hook = "0.3.6"
-tempfile = "3.2.0"
 thiserror = "1.0"
 url = "2.2.1"
 vfio-ioctls = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vfio-ioctls", branch = "ch" }
diff --git a/vmm/src/lib.rs b/vmm/src/lib.rs
index 9ca4467c0..42fea0f6f 100644
--- a/vmm/src/lib.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ extern crate serde;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate serde_derive;
 extern crate serde_json;
-extern crate tempfile;
 extern crate url;
 extern crate vmm_sys_util;
 #[cfg(test)]