diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ac28983096a..4d2d5f9521a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -943,18 +943,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "const-random",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dns-lookup"
-version = "3.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6e39034cee21a2f5bbb66ba0e3689819c4bb5d00382a282006e802a7ffa6c41d"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "socket2",
- "windows-sys 0.60.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "document-features"
 version = "0.2.12"
@@ -2894,16 +2882,6 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e8e2fb0f499abb4d162f2bedad68f5ef91a1682b5a03596ddb67efd37768d100"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "socket2"
-version = "0.6.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c3d1e2c7f27f8d4cb10542a02c49005dbd6e93095799d6f3be745fae9f8fedd4"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "spin"
 version = "0.10.1"
@@ -4558,7 +4536,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "data-encoding",
  "data-encoding-macro",
  "digest 0.11.3",
- "dns-lookup",
  "dunce",
  "fluent",
  "fluent-syntax",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6f9512d3259..ca69a82d0ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -430,7 +430,6 @@ ctrlc = { version = "3.5.2", features = ["termination"] }
 data-encoding = "2.6"
 data-encoding-macro = "0.1.15"
 divan = { package = "codspeed-divan-compat", version = "5.0.0" }
-dns-lookup = { version = "3.0.0" }
 dunce = "1.0.4"
 filetime = "0.2.29"
 foldhash = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
index 9ca64fdd997..9136bc7e1a1 100644
--- a/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uucore/Cargo.toml
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ selinux = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 # utmpx is unix-only, so its dependencies must not be pulled into other targets
 # (the uptime feature enables utmpx and now builds on windows too).
-dns-lookup = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 time = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = [
   "formatting",
   "local-offset",
@@ -215,7 +214,7 @@ sum = [
 openssl = ["dep:openssl"]
 update-control = ["parser"]
 utf8 = []
-utmpx = ["time", "time/macros", "libc", "dns-lookup"]
+utmpx = ["time", "time/macros", "libc"]
 version-cmp = []
 wide = []
 tty = []