diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 88ad95ac..e213cb4a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ name = "html5ever"
 doctest = false
 
 [features]
-unstable = ["tendril/unstable", "string_cache/unstable", "rc/unstable"]
+unstable = ["tendril/unstable", "string_cache/unstable"]
 heap_size = ["heapsize", "heapsize_plugin"]
 codegen = ["html5ever_macros"]
 
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ phf = "0.7"
 string_cache = "0.2.0"
 mac = "0"
 tendril = "0.1.6"
-rc = "0.1.1"
 heapsize = { version = "0.1.1", optional = true }
 heapsize_plugin = { version = "0.1.0", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 20e05076..1a946cf6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "heap_size")]
 extern crate heapsize;
 
-extern crate rc;
-
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;
 
diff --git a/src/rcdom.rs b/src/rcdom.rs
index b3ca08f8..d173ef05 100644
--- a/src/rcdom.rs
+++ b/src/rcdom.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::io::{self, Write};
 use std::mem;
 use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut};
+use std::rc::{Rc, Weak};
 
-use rc::{Rc, Weak};
 use string_cache::QualName;
 use tendril::StrTendril;