diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b4c8aa9b1..eb2c709ff 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2913,7 +2913,6 @@ name = "uu_shred"
 version = "0.0.7"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
- "filetime",
  "libc",
  "rand 0.7.3",
  "uucore",
diff --git a/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml
index d6bb61c76..5f7bebb4e 100644
--- a/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ path = "src/shred.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "2.33", features = ["wrap_help"] }
-filetime = "0.2.1"
 libc = "0.2.42"
 rand = "0.7"
 uucore = { version=">=0.0.9", package="uucore", path="../../uucore" }