diff --git a/ping/rust/Cargo.lock b/ping/rust/Cargo.lock
index a489b75df..458c7cb7a 100644
--- a/ping/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/ping/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -1191,15 +1191,6 @@ version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "879d54834c8c76457ef4293a689b2a8c59b076067ad77b15efafbb05f92a592b"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ipnetwork"
-version = "0.19.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1f84f1612606f3753f205a4e9a2efd6fe5b4c573a6269b2cc6c3003d44a0d127"
-dependencies = [
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ipnetwork"
 version = "0.20.0"
@@ -3905,7 +3896,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "if-addrs",
  "influxdb",
- "ipnetwork 0.20.0",
+ "ipnetwork",
  "log",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -3924,9 +3915,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "env_logger",
- "futures",
  "if-addrs",
- "ipnetwork 0.19.0",
  "libp2p 0.44.0",
  "libp2p 0.45.1",
  "libp2p 0.46.1",
@@ -3935,14 +3924,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "libp2p 0.49.0",
  "log",
  "rand 0.8.5",
- "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "soketto",
  "testground",
- "thiserror",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-stream",
- "tokio-util",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/ping/rust/Cargo.toml b/ping/rust/Cargo.toml
index 350d541a7..4ed892b45 100644
--- a/ping/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ping/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,18 +7,10 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 async-std = {version = "1.10", features = ["attributes", "tokio1"]}
 env_logger = "0.9.0"
 if-addrs = "0.7.0"
-ipnetwork = {version = "0.19.0", default-features = false, features = ["serde"]}
 log = "0.4"
 rand = "0.8"
-serde = {version = "1", features = ["derive"]}
 serde_json = "1"
-soketto = "0.7.1"
 testground = {git = "https://github.com/testground/sdk-rust", branch = "master", version = "0.4.0"}
-thiserror = "1"
-tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["sync", "rt-multi-thread", "macros", "net"] }
-tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", default-features = false, features = [] }
-tokio-util = { version = "0.7", default-features = false, features = ["compat"] }
-futures = "0.3.1"
 
 libp2pv0440 = {package = "libp2p", default_features = false, features = [ "websocket", "mplex", "yamux", "tcp-async-io", "ping", "noise", "dns-async-std" ], version = "0.44.0", optional = true}
 libp2pv0450 = {package = "libp2p", default_features = false, features = [ "websocket", "mplex", "yamux", "tcp-async-io", "ping", "noise", "dns-async-std" ], version = "0.45.0", optional = true}