diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8cdf5837315526a16ae93b4a18fbdc9761a3fc8a..a8b1c6c313bac9ce426d7509526eec861df473fe 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ exclude       = [
 ]
 
 [dependencies]
-stable-heap = { git = "https://github.com/carllerche/stable-heap", rev = "3c5cd1ca47" }
 log = "0.3.6"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index af42d4ac9e722f1fb071dc585806a27e4ae568f6..edf000669d8238b2bf5f4eb0a51638f53fd97427 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #![crate_name = "bytes"]
 #![deny(warnings)]
 
-extern crate stable_heap;
-
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;