diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 76f43d8b4..eb99af34b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -119,40 +119,12 @@ version = "0.2.0"
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-]
-
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- "semver-parser 0.10.2",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
-]
-
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@@ -588,26 +560,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-dependencies = [
- "version_check",
-]
-
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-dependencies = [
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- "skeptic",
- "tempfile",
-]
-
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@@ -992,15 +944,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
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-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1066,17 +1009,6 @@ dependencies = [
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- "memchr 2.3.4",
- "unicase",
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-
 [[package]]
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 dependencies = [
- "semver 0.9.0",
+ "semver",
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-dependencies = [
- "semver-parser 0.10.2",
- "serde",
+ "semver-parser",
 ]
 
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-dependencies = [
- "pest",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1443,21 +1356,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
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- "cargo_metadata",
- "error-chain",
- "glob 0.3.0",
- "pulldown-cmark",
- "tempfile",
- "walkdir",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1636,21 +1534,6 @@ version = "1.13.0"
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-
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-dependencies = [
- "version_check",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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- "byteorder",
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- "extsort",
  "fnv",
  "itertools 0.10.0",
  "rand 0.7.3",
  "rayon",
- "semver 0.9.0",
+ "semver",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "smallvec 1.6.1",
@@ -2733,12 +2614,6 @@ version = "0.8.2"
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diff --git a/src/uu/sort/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/sort/Cargo.toml
index e1e0d1b87..f29df6ab8 100644
--- a/src/uu/sort/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/sort/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ edition = "2018"
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-extsort = "0.4.2"
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