diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index be04272f1..fc37eb2ff 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -685,17 +685,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "thread-local-object 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "deltachat-provider-database"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "glob 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "lazy_static 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "regex 1.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "yaml-rust 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "deltachat_derive"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -709,7 +698,6 @@ name = "deltachat_ffi"
 version = "1.0.0-beta.24"
 dependencies = [
  "deltachat 1.0.0-beta.24",
- "deltachat-provider-database 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "failure 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "human-panic 1.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "libc 0.2.66 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -1167,11 +1155,6 @@ name = "glob"
 version = "0.2.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "glob"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -3258,14 +3241,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "yaml-rust"
-version = "0.4.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-dependencies = [
- "linked-hash-map 0.5.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -3359,7 +3334,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum darling_macro 0.10.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d9b5a2f4ac4969822c62224815d069952656cadc7084fdca9751e6d959189b72"
 "checksum debug_stub_derive 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "496b7f8a2f853313c3ca370641d7ff3e42c32974fdccda8f0684599ed0a3ff6b"
 "checksum deflate 0.7.20 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "707b6a7b384888a70c8d2e8650b3e60170dfc6a67bb4aa67b6dfca57af4bedb4"
-"checksum deltachat-provider-database 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "814dba060d9fdc7a989fccdc4810ada9d1c7a1f09131c78e42412bc6c634b93b"
 "checksum derive_builder 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a2658621297f2cf68762a6f7dc0bb7e1ff2cfd6583daef8ee0fed6f7ec468ec0"
 "checksum derive_builder_core 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2791ea3e372c8495c0bc2033991d76b512cd799d07491fbd6890124db9458bef"
 "checksum des 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "74ba5f1b5aee9772379c2670ba81306e65a93c0ee3caade7a1d22b188d88a3af"
@@ -3415,7 +3389,6 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum getrandom 0.1.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "e7db7ca94ed4cd01190ceee0d8a8052f08a247aa1b469a7f68c6a3b71afcf407"
 "checksum gif 0.10.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "471d90201b3b223f3451cd4ad53e34295f16a1df17b1edf3736d47761c3981af"
 "checksum glob 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8be18de09a56b60ed0edf84bc9df007e30040691af7acd1c41874faac5895bfb"
-"checksum glob 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9b919933a397b79c37e33b77bb2aa3dc8eb6e165ad809e58ff75bc7db2e34574"
 "checksum h2 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b9433d71e471c1736fd5a61b671fc0b148d7a2992f666c958d03cd8feb3b88d1"
 "checksum heck 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "20564e78d53d2bb135c343b3f47714a56af2061f1c928fdb541dc7b9fdd94205"
 "checksum hermit-abi 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "f629dc602392d3ec14bfc8a09b5e644d7ffd725102b48b81e59f90f2633621d7"
@@ -3648,6 +3621,5 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum winutil 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7daf138b6b14196e3830a588acf1e86966c694d3e8fb026fb105b8b5dca07e6e"
 "checksum ws2_32-sys 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d59cefebd0c892fa2dd6de581e937301d8552cb44489cdff035c6187cb63fa5e"
 "checksum x25519-dalek 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "637ff90c9540fa3073bb577e65033069e4bae7c79d49d74aa3ffdf5342a53217"
-"checksum yaml-rust 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "65923dd1784f44da1d2c3dbbc5e822045628c590ba72123e1c73d3c230c4434d"
 "checksum zeroize 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3cbac2ed2ba24cc90f5e06485ac8c7c1e5449fe8911aef4d8877218af021a5b8"
 "checksum zeroize_derive 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "de251eec69fc7c1bc3923403d18ececb929380e016afe103da75f396704f8ca2"
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index e82037ee8..92c994811 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "staticlib"]
 
 [dependencies]
 deltachat = { path = "../", default-features = false }
-deltachat-provider-database = "0.2.1"
 libc = "0.2"
 human-panic = "1.0.1"
 num-traits = "0.2.6"