diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4877b745..8881e851 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4503,7 +4503,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "metrics",
  "once_cell",
- "pairing",
  "rand 0.8.1",
  "serde",
  "spandoc",
diff --git a/zebra-consensus/Cargo.toml b/zebra-consensus/Cargo.toml
index 6be7ab29..6d6fb1a2 100644
--- a/zebra-consensus/Cargo.toml
+++ b/zebra-consensus/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ displaydoc = "0.2.1"
 jubjub = "0.6.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 once_cell = "1.8"
-pairing = "0.19.0"
 rand = "0.8"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["serde_derive"] }