diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c117cef6a5..b87b4ec242 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2666,7 +2666,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "nu-path",
  "nu-protocol",
  "nu-utils",
- "strip-ansi-escapes",
  "sysinfo",
 ]
 
diff --git a/crates/nu-engine/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-engine/Cargo.toml
index 03863e441f..52974771a8 100644
--- a/crates/nu-engine/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-engine/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ nu-utils = { path = "../nu-utils", version = "0.71.1"  }
 
 chrono = { version="0.4.21", features = ["std"], default-features = false }
 sysinfo ="0.26.2"
-strip-ansi-escapes = "0.1.1"
 
 [features]
 plugin = []