diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d4e1b3f9..fc97981b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ readme = "README.md"
 license = "Hippocratic-2.1"
 
 [features]
-distributed = ["chrono", "async-std", "turbolift_macros/distributed"]
+distributed = ["chrono", "turbolift_macros/distributed"]
 # todo we can optimize reqs for children with this load
 
 [dependencies]
 turbolift_macros = { path = "./turbolift_macros" }
 turbolift_internals = { path = "./turbolift_internals" }
-async-std = { version = "1.6", optional = true }
 chrono = { version = "0.4", optional = true }
 actix-web = { version = "3" }
-serde_json = { version = "1" }
\ No newline at end of file
+serde_json = { version = "1" }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4ee38be5..ad75fc97 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "distributed")]
-pub use async_std;
-#[cfg(feature = "distributed")]
 pub use chrono;
 
 pub use actix_web;
diff --git a/turbolift_macros/src/lib.rs b/turbolift_macros/src/lib.rs
index cbb9828b..321b7b27 100644
--- a/turbolift_macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/turbolift_macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ pub fn on(distribution_platform_: TokenStream, function_: TokenStream) -> TokenS
             use std::time::Duration;
             use turbolift::distributed_platform::DistributionPlatform;
             use turbolift::DistributionResult;
-            use turbolift::async_std::task;
 
             let mut platform = #distribution_platform.lock()?;