diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 18fda00f2a71..5c88edb6d64c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
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-dependencies = [
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-]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "cc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "libc",
-]
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 [[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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- "crossbeam-channel",
- "crossbeam-deque",
- "crossbeam-epoch",
- "crossbeam-queue",
- "crossbeam-utils",
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- "crossbeam-utils",
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- "crossbeam-utils",
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- "cfg-if",
- "crossbeam-utils",
- "memoffset",
- "once_cell",
- "scopeguard",
-]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "crossbeam-utils",
-]
-
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
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- "typenum",
-]
-
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@@ -365,16 +263,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "adfbc57365a37acbd2ebf2b64d7e69bb766e2fea813521ed536f5d0520dcf86c"
-dependencies = [
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- "crypto-common",
-]
-
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 dependencies = [
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- "libz-sys",
  "miniz_oxide",
 ]
 
@@ -562,16 +449,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bff49e947297f3312447abdca79f45f4738097cc82b06e72054d2223f601f1b9"
-dependencies = [
- "typenum",
- "version_check",
-]
-
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  "crc32fast",
- "crossbeam-channel",
- "crossbeam-utils",
  "flate2",
  "git-hash",
- "jwalk",
  "libc",
- "num_cpus",
  "once_cell",
- "parking_lot",
  "prodash",
  "quick-error",
- "sha1",
  "sha1_smol",
  "walkdir",
 ]
@@ -821,7 +692,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "parking_lot",
  "smallvec",
  "thiserror",
- "uluru",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1210,8 +1080,6 @@ name = "helix-vcs"
 version = "0.6.0"
 dependencies = [
  "git-repository",
- "ropey",
- "similar",
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
@@ -1355,16 +1223,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
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-version = "0.6.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "172752e853a067cbce46427de8470ddf308af7fd8ceaf9b682ef31a5021b6bb9"
-dependencies = [
- "crossbeam",
- "rayon",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1387,19 +1245,6 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "1.1.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9702761c3935f8cc2f101793272e202c72b99da8f4224a19ddcf1279a6450bbf"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "cmake",
- "libc",
- "pkg-config",
- "vcpkg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1447,15 +1292,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-[[package]]
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-version = "0.6.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5aa361d4faea93603064a027415f07bd8e1d5c88c9fbf68bf56a285428fd79ce"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
-]
-
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-version = "0.3.25"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1df8c4ec4b0627e53bdf214615ad287367e482558cf84b109250b37464dc03ae"
-
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@@ -1656,30 +1486,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
- "crossbeam-deque",
- "either",
- "rayon-core",
-]
-
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-version = "1.9.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "258bcdb5ac6dad48491bb2992db6b7cf74878b0384908af124823d118c99683f"
-dependencies = [
- "crossbeam-channel",
- "crossbeam-deque",
- "crossbeam-utils",
- "num_cpus",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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@@ -1817,27 +1623,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "0.10.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f04293dc80c3993519f2d7f6f511707ee7094fe0c6d3406feb330cdb3540eba3"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "cpufeatures",
- "digest",
- "sha1-asm",
-]
-
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-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "563d4f7100bc3fce234e5f37bbf63dc2752558964505ba6ac3f7204bdc59eaac"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -2130,21 +1915,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "regex",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
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-version = "1.15.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dcf81ac59edc17cc8697ff311e8f5ef2d99fcbd9817b34cec66f90b6c3dfd987"
-
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "794a32261a1f5eb6a4462c81b59cec87b5c27d5deea7dd1ac8fc781c41d226db"
-dependencies = [
- "arrayvec",
-]
-
 [[package]]
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-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-
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diff --git a/helix-vcs/Cargo.toml b/helix-vcs/Cargo.toml
index 8fc6434f78cf..c955d7727479 100644
--- a/helix-vcs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/helix-vcs/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ homepage = "https://helix-editor.com"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
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-similar = "2.1"
-ropey = "1.3"
-git-repository = "0.23.1"
+git-repository = {version = "0.23.1", default-features = false}
 
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