diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5aa4a207c..cc7b04fdb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1090,7 +1090,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "escaper",
  "fast-socks5",
  "futures",
- "futures-lite",
  "hex",
  "humansize",
  "image",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index db0e83984..14daae348 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ zip = { version = "0.6.2", default-features = false, features = ["deflate"] }
 ansi_term = "0.12.0"
 async-std = { version = "1", features = ["unstable", "attributes"] }
 criterion = { version = "0.3.4", features = ["async_std"] }
-futures-lite = "1.12"
 log = "0.4"
 pretty_env_logger = "0.4"
 proptest = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
diff --git a/src/pgp.rs b/src/pgp.rs
index e9236fcde..878066b0f 100644
--- a/src/pgp.rs
+++ b/src/pgp.rs
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut keyring = Keyring::new();
         keyring.add(KEYS.alice_public.clone());
         keyring.add(KEYS.bob_public.clone());
-        futures_lite::future::block_on(pk_encrypt(
+        async_std::task::block_on(pk_encrypt(
             CLEARTEXT,
             keyring,
             Some(KEYS.alice_secret.clone()),
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut keyring = Keyring::new();
         keyring.add(KEYS.alice_public.clone());
         keyring.add(KEYS.bob_public.clone());
-        futures_lite::future::block_on(pk_encrypt(CLEARTEXT, keyring, None)).unwrap()
+        async_std::task::block_on(pk_encrypt(CLEARTEXT, keyring, None)).unwrap()
     });
 
     #[test]