diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cf710ea00..be0f3adf2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2941,7 +2941,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "filetime",
  "libc",
  "rand 0.7.3",
- "time",
  "uucore",
  "uucore_procs",
 ]
diff --git a/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml
index f515044c0..d6bb61c76 100644
--- a/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/shred/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ clap = { version = "2.33", features = ["wrap_help"] }
 filetime = "0.2.1"
 libc = "0.2.42"
 rand = "0.7"
-time = "0.1.40"
 uucore = { version=">=0.0.9", package="uucore", path="../../uucore" }
 uucore_procs = { version=">=0.0.6", package="uucore_procs", path="../../uucore_procs" }