diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index eeefe3d8d..132849f6e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -834,7 +834,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "containerd-shim-wasmedge",
  "containerd-shim-wasmtime",
  "criterion",
- "wasmtime",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/benches/containerd-shim-benchmarks/Cargo.toml b/benches/containerd-shim-benchmarks/Cargo.toml
index 18ea2f980..06c346747 100644
--- a/benches/containerd-shim-benchmarks/Cargo.toml
+++ b/benches/containerd-shim-benchmarks/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ edition.workspace = true
 containerd-shim-wasm = { path = "../../crates/containerd-shim-wasm", features = ["testing"] }
 containerd-shim-wasmedge = { path = "../../crates/containerd-shim-wasmedge" }
 containerd-shim-wasmtime = { path = "../../crates/containerd-shim-wasmtime" }
-wasmtime = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = { version = "0.5", features = ["html_reports"] }
diff --git a/benches/containerd-shim-benchmarks/benches/wasmtime-benchmarks.rs b/benches/containerd-shim-benchmarks/benches/wasmtime-benchmarks.rs
index a0a8a1b68..1d43f7f1d 100644
--- a/benches/containerd-shim-benchmarks/benches/wasmtime-benchmarks.rs
+++ b/benches/containerd-shim-benchmarks/benches/wasmtime-benchmarks.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use containerd_shim_wasm::container::Instance;
 use containerd_shim_wasm::sandbox::Error;
 use containerd_shim_wasm::testing::WasiTest;
-use containerd_shim_wasmtime::instance::{WasiConfig, WasmtimeEngine};
+use containerd_shim_wasmtime::instance::WasmtimeEngine;
 use criterion::measurement::WallTime;
 use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, BenchmarkGroup, Criterion};
 
@@ -53,21 +53,8 @@ use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, BenchmarkGroup, Criterion};
     of a longer benchmarking time). Running the whole suite on a desktop
     computer takes now a bit over 10 minutes.
 */
-#[derive(Clone)]
-struct WasiTestConfig {}
 
-impl WasiConfig for WasiTestConfig {
-    fn new_config() -> wasmtime::Config {
-        let mut config = wasmtime::Config::new();
-        // Disable Wasmtime parallel compilation for the tests
-        // see https://github.com/containerd/runwasi/pull/405#issuecomment-1928468714 for details
-        config.parallel_compilation(false);
-        config.wasm_component_model(true); // enable component linking
-        config
-    }
-}
-
-type WasmtimeTestInstance = Instance<WasmtimeEngine<WasiTestConfig>>;
+type WasmtimeTestInstance = Instance<WasmtimeEngine>;
 
 fn run_wasmtime_test_with_spec(wasmbytes: &[u8]) -> Result<u32, Error> {
     let (exit_code, _, _) = WasiTest::<WasmtimeTestInstance>::builder()?