diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a5e47e3cf..b8be040c9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1567,7 +1567,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "serde_json",
- "tempfile",
  "vfio-ioctls",
  "vhost",
  "virtio-bindings",
diff --git a/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml b/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml
index 1c96c98fb..dd76cee89 100644
--- a/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml
+++ b/virtio-devices/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ seccomp = { git = "https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker", tag = "v
 serde = ">=1.0.27"
 serde_derive = ">=1.0.27"
 serde_json = ">=1.0.9"
-tempfile = "3.2.0"
 vfio-ioctls = { git = "https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/vfio-ioctls", branch = "ch" }
 vhost_rs = { git = "https://github.com/rust-vmm/vhost", branch = "master", package = "vhost", features = ["vhost-user-master", "vhost-user-slave"] }
 virtio-bindings = { version = "0.1", features = ["virtio-v5_0_0"]}