diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index df94f3a..4241d31 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -161,18 +161,6 @@ version = "3.20.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5d20789868f4b01b2f2caec9f5c4e0213b41e3e5702a50157d699ae31ced2fcb"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "byteorder"
-version = "1.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "bytes"
-version = "1.11.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1e748733b7cbc798e1434b6ac524f0c1ff2ab456fe201501e6497c8417a4fc33"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cachekit-core"
 version = "0.6.0"
@@ -180,8 +168,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "aes",
  "aes-gcm",
  "blake2",
- "byteorder",
- "bytes",
  "cbindgen",
  "criterion",
  "generic-array",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1362ba8..4d898ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ getrandom = { version = "0.2", features = ["js"], optional = true }
 aes-gcm = { version = "0.10", features = ["zeroize"], optional = true }
 aes = { version = "0.8", features = ["zeroize"], optional = true }
 
-# Byte utilities
-bytes = "1.5"
-byteorder = "1.5"
-
 [target.'cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))'.dependencies]
 # ring: hardware-accelerated AES-256-GCM for native targets only.
 # Does NOT compile on wasm32-unknown-unknown (requires clang for C asm).
diff --git a/supply-chain/config.toml b/supply-chain/config.toml
index 8ae2abb..e2d4c4a 100644
--- a/supply-chain/config.toml
+++ b/supply-chain/config.toml
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ criteria = "safe-to-deploy"
 version = "0.10.6"
 criteria = "safe-to-run"
 
-[[exemptions.bytes]]
-version = "1.11.1"
-criteria = "safe-to-deploy"
-
 [[exemptions.cbindgen]]
 version = "0.29.2"
 criteria = "safe-to-deploy"
diff --git a/supply-chain/imports.lock b/supply-chain/imports.lock
index a957518..50ca26f 100644
--- a/supply-chain/imports.lock
+++ b/supply-chain/imports.lock
@@ -505,13 +505,6 @@ Additional review comments can be found at https://crrev.com/c/4723145/31
 """
 aggregated-from = "https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/third_party/rust/chromium_crates_io/supply-chain/audits.toml?format=TEXT"
 
-[[audits.google.audits.byteorder]]
-who = "danakj <danakj@chromium.org>"
-criteria = "safe-to-deploy"
-version = "1.5.0"
-notes = "Unsafe review in https://crrev.com/c/5838022"
-aggregated-from = "https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/third_party/rust/chromium_crates_io/supply-chain/audits.toml?format=TEXT"
-
 [[audits.google.audits.cast]]
 who = "George Burgess IV <gbiv@google.com>"
 criteria = "safe-to-run"