diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ebfeeb8b9..1f4c8c4ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1109,8 +1109,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "byteorder 1.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "devices 0.1.0",
  "epoll 4.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "kvm-bindings 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "kvm-ioctls 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.66 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "net_gen 0.1.0",
diff --git a/vm-virtio/Cargo.toml b/vm-virtio/Cargo.toml
index b9e5dc23d..c5df246de 100644
--- a/vm-virtio/Cargo.toml
+++ b/vm-virtio/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ arc-swap = ">=0.4.4"
 byteorder = "1.3.2"
 devices = { path = "../devices" }
 epoll = ">=4.0.1"
-kvm-bindings = "0.2.0"
-kvm-ioctls = "0.4.0"
 libc = "0.2.60"
 log = "0.4.8"
 net_gen = { path = "../net_gen" }