diff --git a/src/rust/engine/Cargo.lock b/src/rust/engine/Cargo.lock
index eb51d597d1b..7a250211379 100644
--- a/src/rust/engine/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/rust/engine/Cargo.lock
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
  "parking_lot 0.12.1",
- "protobuf",
  "protos",
  "store",
  "task_executor",
@@ -2417,15 +2416,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "prost",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "protobuf"
-version = "2.27.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cf7e6d18738ecd0902d30d1ad232c9125985a3422929b16c65517b38adc14f96"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "protos"
 version = "0.0.1"
diff --git a/src/rust/engine/fs/brfs/Cargo.toml b/src/rust/engine/fs/brfs/Cargo.toml
index d1409bea9a0..34169ecf5ea 100644
--- a/src/rust/engine/fs/brfs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/rust/engine/fs/brfs/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ hashing = { path = "../../hashing" }
 libc = "0.2.126"
 log = "0.4.17"
 parking_lot = "0.12"
-protobuf = { version = "2.27.1", features = ["with-bytes"] }
 store = { path = "../store" }
 task_executor = { path = "../../task_executor" }
 time = "0.3"