diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8b1b052b..4854d01d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -694,7 +694,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "serde_regex",
  "thiserror",
- "thread_local",
  "tikv-jemalloc-ctl",
  "tikv-jemalloc-sys",
  "tikv-jemallocator",
@@ -716,7 +715,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
  "ruma",
  "rust-rocksdb-uwu",
- "thread_local",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3f7c1333..446acb82 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -382,10 +382,6 @@ features = ["use_std"]
 [workspace.dependencies.parking_lot]
 version = "0.12.3"
 
-# used only by rusqlite
-[workspace.dependencies.thread_local]
-version = "1.1.8"
-
 [workspace.dependencies.tokio-metrics]
 version = "0.3.1"
 default-features = false
diff --git a/src/core/Cargo.toml b/src/core/Cargo.toml
index 420897b6..884d908e 100644
--- a/src/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ serde_json.workspace = true
 serde_regex.workspace = true
 serde.workspace = true
 thiserror.workspace = true
-thread_local.optional = true
-thread_local.workspace = true
 tikv-jemallocator.optional = true
 tikv-jemallocator.workspace = true
 tikv-jemalloc-ctl.optional = true
diff --git a/src/database/Cargo.toml b/src/database/Cargo.toml
index 6455fc65..547cdc38 100644
--- a/src/database/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/database/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ parking_lot.workspace = true
 ruma.workspace = true
 rust-rocksdb.optional = true
 rust-rocksdb.workspace = true
-thread_local.optional = true
-thread_local.workspace = true
 tokio.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true