diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 951f2548d34da..c84faa789623e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -13356,7 +13356,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "sp-externalities 0.25.0",
  "sp-io",
  "sp-tracing 16.0.0",
- "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
  "tracing-gum",
 ]
diff --git a/polkadot/node/core/pvf/common/Cargo.toml b/polkadot/node/core/pvf/common/Cargo.toml
index e1ce6e79cb990..bd405a4964b7e 100644
--- a/polkadot/node/core/pvf/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/polkadot/node/core/pvf/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ seccompiler = "0.4.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 assert_matches = "1.4.0"
-tempfile = "3.3.0"
 
 [features]
 # This feature is used to export test code to other crates without putting it in the production build.