diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 60da5969f..3e0e326ae 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1941,17 +1941,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "caps",
  "chrono",
  "clone3",
- "crossbeam-channel",
  "fastrand",
  "futures",
  "libc",
  "libcgroups",
  "libseccomp",
- "mio",
  "nix",
  "oci-spec",
  "once_cell",
- "path-clean 1.0.1",
  "prctl",
  "procfs",
  "quickcheck",
@@ -1962,7 +1959,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serial_test",
- "syscalls",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "tracing",
@@ -2158,7 +2154,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "eebffdb73fe72e917997fad08bdbf31ac50b0fa91cec93e69a0662e4264d454c"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "log",
  "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
@@ -2438,12 +2433,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ecba01bf2678719532c5e3059e0b5f0811273d94b397088b82e3bd0a78c78fdd"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "path-clean"
-version = "1.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "17359afc20d7ab31fdb42bb844c8b3bb1dabd7dcf7e68428492da7f16966fcef"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "peeking_take_while"
 version = "0.1.2"
@@ -3289,17 +3278,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_repr"
-version = "0.1.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bcec881020c684085e55a25f7fd888954d56609ef363479dc5a1305eb0d40cab"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.16",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -3558,17 +3536,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "syscalls"
-version = "0.6.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "41a292bad4a4fdbab06bb5399d2d578e4afed89e6701b47a75cf952d510c1473"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "serde",
- "serde_repr",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "system-interface"
 version = "0.25.7"
@@ -5034,7 +5001,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lexical-sort",
  "memmap2",
  "once_cell",
- "path-clean 0.1.0",
+ "path-clean",
  "rand",
  "serde",
  "serde_cbor",
diff --git a/crates/libcontainer/Cargo.toml b/crates/libcontainer/Cargo.toml
index 525aaaddd..2e24104ac 100644
--- a/crates/libcontainer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/libcontainer/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,13 +24,10 @@ test_utils = ["dep:rand"]
 bitflags = "2.3.1"
 caps = "0.5.5"
 chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["clock", "serde"] }
-crossbeam-channel = "0.5"
 fastrand = "^1.7.0"
 futures = { version = "0.3", features = ["thread-pool"] }
 libc = "0.2.144"
-mio = { version = "0.8.7", features = ["os-ext", "os-poll"] }
 nix = "0.26.2"
-path-clean = "1.0.1"
 oci-spec = { version = "^0.6.0", features = ["runtime"] }
 once_cell = "1.17.1"
 procfs = "0.15.1"
@@ -39,7 +36,6 @@ libcgroups = { version = "0.0.5", path = "../libcgroups", default-features = fal
 libseccomp = { version = "0.3.0", optional=true }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
-syscalls = "0.6.12"
 rust-criu = "0.4.0"
 clone3 = "0.2.3"
 regex = "1.8.3"
diff --git a/crates/libcontainer/src/hooks.rs b/crates/libcontainer/src/hooks.rs
index 62430e241..0a8bd3ab6 100644
--- a/crates/libcontainer/src/hooks.rs
+++ b/crates/libcontainer/src/hooks.rs
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@ pub fn run_hooks(hooks: Option<&Vec<Hook>>, container: Option<&Container>) -> Re
                 // use pid to identify the process and send a kill signal. This
                 // is what the Command.kill() does under the hood anyway. When
                 // timeout, we have to kill the process and clean up properly.
-                let (s, r) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
+                let (s, r) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
                 thread::spawn(move || {
                     let res = hook_process.wait();
                     let _ = s.send(res);
                 });
                 match r.recv_timeout(time::Duration::from_secs(timeout_sec as u64)) {
                     Ok(res) => res,
-                    Err(crossbeam_channel::RecvTimeoutError::Timeout) => {
+                    Err(std::sync::mpsc::RecvTimeoutError::Timeout) => {
                         // Kill the process. There is no need to further clean
                         // up because we will be error out.
                         let _ = signal::kill(hook_process_pid, signal::Signal::SIGKILL);