diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cbb1e79c..dbb90e52 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "grep 0.1.6",
  "ignore 0.2.2",
  "lazy_static 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "libc 0.2.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.3.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "memchr 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "memmap 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b6d43c92..b88d560f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ env_logger = { version = "0.4", default-features = false }
 grep = { version = "0.1.5", path = "grep" }
 ignore = { version = "0.2.2", path = "ignore" }
 lazy_static = "0.2"
-libc = "0.2"
 log = "0.3"
 memchr = "1"
 memmap = "0.5"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 5cae6a11..ce49263f 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ extern crate grep;
 extern crate ignore;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate lazy_static;
-extern crate libc;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;
 extern crate memchr;