diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 98e159d..eb74f0e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1079,7 +1079,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap_complete",
  "clap_mangen",
  "libc",
- "libloading",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d94cc17..e921a1f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }
 sha2 = "0.10"
 # whisper-rs is always used (CPU-only by default); GPU features map onto it
 whisper-rs = { git = "https://github.com/tazz4843/whisper-rs" }
-libloading = { version = "0.8" }
 libc = "0.2"
 
 [dev-dependencies]