diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8eb89b63..b48cb2f9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -391,7 +391,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bytes",
  "clap",
- "crossbeam",
  "directories",
  "figment",
  "futures-util",
@@ -403,7 +402,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "js_option",
  "jsonwebtoken",
  "lazy_static",
- "loole",
  "lru-cache",
  "nix",
  "num_cpus",
@@ -486,19 +484,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam"
-version = "0.8.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1137cd7e7fc0fb5d3c5a8678be38ec56e819125d8d7907411fe24ccb943faca8"
-dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-channel",
- "crossbeam-deque",
- "crossbeam-epoch",
- "crossbeam-queue",
- "crossbeam-utils",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-channel"
 version = "0.5.10"
@@ -509,38 +494,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam-deque"
-version = "0.8.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fca89a0e215bab21874660c67903c5f143333cab1da83d041c7ded6053774751"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "crossbeam-epoch",
- "crossbeam-utils",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam-epoch"
-version = "0.9.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0e3681d554572a651dda4186cd47240627c3d0114d45a95f6ad27f2f22e7548d"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
- "cfg-if",
- "crossbeam-utils",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam-queue"
-version = "0.3.10"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "adc6598521bb5a83d491e8c1fe51db7296019d2ca3cb93cc6c2a20369a4d78a2"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "crossbeam-utils",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-utils"
 version = "0.8.18"
@@ -1331,12 +1284,6 @@ version = "0.4.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b5e6163cb8c49088c2c36f57875e58ccd8c87c7427f7fbd50ea6710b2f3f2e8f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "loole"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c6725f0feab07fcf90f6de5417c06d7fef976fa6e5912fa9e21cb5e4dc6ae5da"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "lru-cache"
 version = "0.1.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 806e3bfe..3522ac10 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ hyperlocal = { git = "https://github.com/softprops/hyperlocal", rev = "2ee4d1496
 ] }
 hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["server", "http1", "http2"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["fs", "macros", "signal", "sync"] }
-loole = "0.3"
 
 # Used for the http request / response body type for Ruma endpoints used with reqwest
 bytes = "1.5.0"
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ tracing-opentelemetry = "0.22.0"
 lru-cache = "0.1.2"
 rusqlite = { version = "0.30.0", optional = true, features = ["bundled"] }
 parking_lot = { version = "0.12.1", optional = true }
-crossbeam = { version = "0.8.4", optional = true }
 num_cpus = "1.16.0"
 threadpool = "1.8.1"
 # Used for ruma wrapper
@@ -238,4 +236,4 @@ unseparated_literal_suffix = "warn"
 # expect_used = "warn"
 wildcard_dependencies = "warn"
 # or_fun_call = "warn"
-unnecessary_lazy_evaluations = "warn"
\ No newline at end of file
+unnecessary_lazy_evaluations = "warn"