diff --git a/crates/apub_lib/Cargo.toml b/crates/apub_lib/Cargo.toml
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index 647458060..000000000
--- a/crates/apub_lib/Cargo.toml
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@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "lemmy_apub_lib"
-version = "0.16.5"
-edition = "2021"
-description = "A link aggregator for the fediverse"
-license = "AGPL-3.0"
-homepage = "https://join-lemmy.org/"
-documentation = "https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/index.html"
-
-[dependencies]
-lemmy_utils = { version = "=0.16.5", path = "../utils" }
-lemmy_apub_lib_derive = { version = "=0.16.5", path = "../apub_lib_derive" }
-chrono = { version = "0.4.19", features = ["clock"], default-features = false }
-serde = { version = "1.0.136", features = ["derive"] }
-async-trait = "0.1.53"
-url = { version = "2.2.2", features = ["serde"] }
-serde_json = { version = "1.0.79", features = ["preserve_order"] }
-anyhow = "1.0.56"
-reqwest = { version = "0.11.10", features = ["json"] }
-reqwest-middleware = "0.1.5"
-tracing = "0.1.32"
-base64 = "0.13.0"
-openssl = "0.10.38"
-once_cell = "1.10.0"
-http = "0.2.6"
-sha2 = "0.10.2"
-actix-web = { version = "4.0.1", default-features = false }
-http-signature-normalization-actix = { version = "0.6.1", default-features = false, features = ["server", "sha-2"] }
-http-signature-normalization-reqwest = { version = "0.5.0", default-features = false, features = ["sha-2", "middleware"] }
-background-jobs = "0.12.0"
-diesel = "1.4.8"
diff --git a/crates/apub_lib_derive/Cargo.toml b/crates/apub_lib_derive/Cargo.toml
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index 870812fdc..000000000
--- a/crates/apub_lib_derive/Cargo.toml
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-[package]
-name = "lemmy_apub_lib_derive"
-version = "0.16.5"
-edition = "2021"
-description = "A link aggregator for the fediverse"
-license = "AGPL-3.0"
-homepage = "https://join-lemmy.org/"
-documentation = "https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/index.html"
-
-[lib]
-proc-macro = true
-
-[dev-dependencies]
-trybuild = { version = "1.0.57", features = ["diff"] }
-
-[dependencies]
-proc-macro2 = "1.0.36"
-syn = "1.0.90"
-quote = "1.0.17"