diff --git a/src/uu/nproc/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/nproc/Cargo.toml
index 1689f3db6..681fe3032 100644
--- a/src/uu/nproc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/nproc/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ edition = "2018"
 path = "src/nproc.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-getopts = "0.2.18"
 libc = "0.2.42"
 num_cpus = "1.10"
 clap = "2.33"
diff --git a/src/uu/nproc/src/nproc.rs b/src/uu/nproc/src/nproc.rs
index d18952276..049a7ab4e 100644
--- a/src/uu/nproc/src/nproc.rs
+++ b/src/uu/nproc/src/nproc.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (ToDO) NPROCESSORS nprocs numstr threadstr sysconf
 
 extern crate clap;
-extern crate getopts;
 extern crate num_cpus;
 
 #[cfg(unix)]