diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6897e953..559e9eb8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -122,12 +122,6 @@ version = "3.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "79296716171880943b8470b5f8d03aa55eb2e645a4874bdbb28adb49162e012c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "byteorder"
-version = "1.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.7.1"
@@ -1387,7 +1381,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "helix-tui",
  "helix-vcs",
  "helix-view",
- "hex_color",
  "ignore",
  "indoc",
  "libc",
@@ -1484,15 +1477,6 @@ version = "0.3.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d231dfb89cfffdbc30e7fc41579ed6066ad03abda9e567ccafae602b97ec5024"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hex_color"
-version = "3.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d37f101bf4c633f7ca2e4b5e136050314503dd198e78e325ea602c327c484ef0"
-dependencies = [
- "rand",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "home"
 version = "0.5.9"
@@ -1994,15 +1978,6 @@ version = "1.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "da544ee218f0d287a911e9c99a39a8c9bc8fcad3cb8db5959940044ecfc67265"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ppv-lite86"
-version = "0.2.20"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "77957b295656769bb8ad2b6a6b09d897d94f05c41b069aede1fcdaa675eaea04"
-dependencies = [
- "zerocopy",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.86"
@@ -2057,18 +2032,6 @@ version = "0.8.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
 dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_chacha"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
-dependencies = [
- "ppv-lite86",
  "rand_core",
 ]
 
@@ -3019,7 +2982,6 @@ version = "0.7.35"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1b9b4fd18abc82b8136838da5d50bae7bdea537c574d8dc1a34ed098d6c166f0"
 dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
  "zerocopy-derive",
 ]
 
diff --git a/helix-term/Cargo.toml b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
index a8810eed..5b46a261 100644
--- a/helix-term/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-term/Cargo.toml
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ fern = "0.7"
 chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["clock"] }
 log = "0.4"
 
-hex_color = "3.0"
-
 # File picker
 nucleo.workspace = true
 ignore = "0.4"