diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 96d57e0210..db6853d44d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ ethereum_serde_utils = "0.8.0"
 ethereum_ssz = { version = "0.10.0", features = ["context_deserialize"] }
 ethereum_ssz_derive = "0.10.0"
 execution_layer = { path = "beacon_node/execution_layer" }
-exit-future = "0.2"
 filesystem = { path = "common/filesystem" }
 fixed_bytes = { path = "consensus/fixed_bytes" }
 fnv = "1"