diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f589b7901b..6fd9a1c82c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6735,7 +6735,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "rdkafka",
  "rdkafka-sys",
- "reqwest 0.12.4",
  "rustls 0.23.5",
  "rustls-native-certs 0.7.0",
  "rustls-pemfile 2.1.2",
diff --git a/tremor-connectors/Cargo.toml b/tremor-connectors/Cargo.toml
index d7debcc220..80a9b20b43 100644
--- a/tremor-connectors/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tremor-connectors/Cargo.toml
@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ hyper-rustls = { version = "0.27", optional = true, default-features = false, fe
 ] }
 http-body-util = { version = "0.1", optional = true, default-features = false }
 mime = { version = "0.3", optional = true, default-features = false }
-reqwest = { version = "0.12", optional = true, default-features = false, features = [
-    "rustls-tls",
-    "rustls-tls-native-roots",
-] }
 base64 = { version = "0.22", optional = true, default-features = false }
 dashmap = { version = "5.5", optional = true, default-features = false }
 async-stream = { version = "0.3", optional = true, default-features = false }
@@ -214,7 +210,6 @@ tls = [
 dns = ["dep:trust-dns-resolver"]
 elasticsearch = [
     "dep:elasticsearch",
-    "dep:reqwest",
     "dep:serde_yaml",
     "tls",
     "http",
@@ -229,7 +224,6 @@ http = [
     "dep:hyper-util",
     "dep:hyper",
     "dep:mime",
-    "dep:reqwest",
     "dep:async-stream",
     "hyper/http1",
     "hyper/http2",