diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 29586bc1..b027722e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ memchr = "0.1"
 memmap = "0.2"
 num_cpus = "1"
 regex = "0.1.75"
-regex-syntax = "0.3.5"
 rustc-serialize = "0.3"
 term = "0.4"
 thread_local = "0.2"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6666a6c0..97cfc888 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ extern crate memchr;
 extern crate memmap;
 extern crate num_cpus;
 extern crate regex;
-extern crate regex_syntax as syntax;
 extern crate rustc_serialize;
 extern crate term;
 extern crate thread_local;