diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b8be040c9..f7250937c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -292,7 +292,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
- "tempfile",
  "vm-device",
  "vm-memory",
  "vm-migration",
diff --git a/devices/Cargo.toml b/devices/Cargo.toml
index 6adc41abb..8d06699c0 100644
--- a/devices/Cargo.toml
+++ b/devices/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ vm-memory = "0.5.0"
 vm-migration = { path = "../vm-migration" }
 vmm-sys-util = ">=0.3.1"
 
-[dev-dependencies]
-tempfile = "3.2.0"
-
 [features]
 default = []
 acpi = ["acpi_tables"]