diff --git a/actix-rt/Cargo.toml b/actix-rt/Cargo.toml
index 50da68b8..051e16a8 100644
--- a/actix-rt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-rt/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 actix-macros = "0.1.0"
-actix-threadpool = "0.3"
-futures-channel = { version = "0.3.4", default-features = false }
+futures-channel = "0.3.4"
+futures-util = { version = "0.3.4", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 tokio = { version = "0.2.6", default-features = false, features = ["rt-core", "rt-util", "io-driver", "tcp", "uds", "udp", "time", "signal", "stream"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/actix-rt/src/lib.rs b/actix-rt/src/lib.rs
index 8097ca05..8cab936c 100644
--- a/actix-rt/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-rt/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ pub use self::builder::{Builder, SystemRunner};
 pub use self::runtime::Runtime;
 pub use self::system::System;
 
-#[doc(hidden)]
-pub use actix_threadpool as blocking;
-
 /// Spawns a future on the current arbiter.
 ///
 /// # Panics