diff --git a/actix-protobuf/Cargo.toml b/actix-protobuf/Cargo.toml
index 67fe602b3..62be081e9 100644
--- a/actix-protobuf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-protobuf/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ bytes = "0.5"
 futures = "0.3.1"
 derive_more = "0.99"
 
-actix = "0.9"
 actix-rt = "1"
 actix-web = "2"
 
diff --git a/actix-protobuf/examples/prost-example/Cargo.toml b/actix-protobuf/examples/prost-example/Cargo.toml
index 2f9efbabe..2df0f023e 100644
--- a/actix-protobuf/examples/prost-example/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-protobuf/examples/prost-example/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ env_logger = "*"
 prost = "0.6.0"
 prost-derive = "0.6.0"
 
-actix = "0.9"
 actix-rt = "1"
 actix-web = "2"
 actix-protobuf = { path="../../" }