diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 77e8f73905..9f1ef8aa7c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2973,7 +2973,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "lru",
  "miette",
- "nu-json",
  "nu-test-support",
  "nu-utils",
  "num-format",
diff --git a/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml
index 566ec8e39e..748652c251 100644
--- a/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ bench = false
 
 [dependencies]
 nu-utils = { path = "../nu-utils", version = "0.76.1" }
-nu-json = { path = "../nu-json", version = "0.76.1" }
 
 byte-unit = "4.0.9"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.23", features = [