diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0692653..212f070 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ description = "A binary serialization / deserialization strategy that uses Serde
 
 [dependencies]
 byteorder = "1.0.0"
-num-traits = "0.1.32"
 serde = "1.*.*"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 364b380..c1c736b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #![crate_type = "dylib"]
 
 extern crate byteorder;
-extern crate num_traits;
 extern crate serde as serde_crate;
 
 mod ser;