diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7f37b652c30..d0e45e9bb1a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4984,8 +4984,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "rendezvous-example"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "async-std",
- "async-trait",
  "futures",
  "libp2p",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/examples/rendezvous/Cargo.toml b/examples/rendezvous/Cargo.toml
index 5a0672dcec8..4eea38616f4 100644
--- a/examples/rendezvous/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/rendezvous/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ license = "MIT"
 release = false
 
 [dependencies]
-async-std = { version = "1.12", features = ["attributes"] }
-async-trait = "0.1"
 futures = { workspace = true }
-libp2p = { path = "../../libp2p", features = [ "async-std", "identify", "macros", "noise", "ping", "rendezvous", "tcp", "tokio", "yamux"] }
+libp2p = { path = "../../libp2p", features = ["identify", "macros", "noise", "ping", "rendezvous", "tcp", "tokio", "yamux"] }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros", "time"] }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["env-filter"] }