diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 931bff981..c2c3a6242 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2605,7 +2605,6 @@ name = "uu_timeout"
 version = "0.0.6"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
- "getopts",
  "libc",
  "uucore",
  "uucore_procs",
diff --git a/src/uu/timeout/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/timeout/Cargo.toml
index 206a98c08..d16559858 100644
--- a/src/uu/timeout/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/timeout/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ path = "src/timeout.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = "2.33"
-getopts = "0.2.18"
 libc = "0.2.42"
 uucore = { version=">=0.0.8", package="uucore", path="../../uucore", features=["parse_time", "process", "signals"] }
 uucore_procs = { version=">=0.0.5", package="uucore_procs", path="../../uucore_procs" }