diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 50fc193..9967c7c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "criterion",
  "fastcrypto",
  "indexmap 2.2.6",
- "itertools",
  "rand 0.8.5",
  "random_color",
  "serde",
@@ -2317,7 +2316,6 @@ name = "side-node"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "base64 0.21.7",
  "bft-crdt-derive",
  "bft-json-crdt",
  "clap 4.5.4",
@@ -2327,13 +2325,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "indexmap 2.2.6",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "serde_with 3.8.1",
  "sha256",
  "tokio",
  "toml",
  "tracing",
- "tracing-subscriber",
- "url",
  "uuid",
 ]
 
@@ -2343,10 +2338,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "ezsockets",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
  "sha256",
- "side-node",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
diff --git a/crates/bft-json-crdt/Cargo.toml b/crates/bft-json-crdt/Cargo.toml
index 55befcb..1e3b0ac 100644
--- a/crates/bft-json-crdt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bft-json-crdt/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ bft-crdt-derive = { path = "bft-crdt-derive" }
 colored = "2.0.0"
 fastcrypto = "0.1.8"
 indexmap = { version = "2.2.6", features = ["serde"] }
-itertools = "0.10.5"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 random_color = "0.6.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/side-node/Cargo.toml b/side-node/Cargo.toml
index c6886a2..d202bb5 100644
--- a/side-node/Cargo.toml
+++ b/side-node/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = "0.1.52"
-base64 = "0.21.7"
 bft-json-crdt = { path = "../crates/bft-json-crdt" }
 bft-crdt-derive = { path = "../crates/bft-json-crdt/bft-crdt-derive" }
 clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive"] }
@@ -17,13 +16,11 @@ fastcrypto = "0.1.8"
 # serde_cbor = "0.11.2" # move to this once we need to pack things in CBOR
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.117"
-serde_with = "3.8.1"
 sha256 = "1.5.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.37.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1.32"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3.9"
+# tracing-subscriber = "0.3.9"
 toml = "0.8.14"
-url = "2.2.2"
 indexmap = { version = "2.2.6", features = ["serde"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/side-watcher/Cargo.toml b/side-watcher/Cargo.toml
index 1c46769..f8a302e 100644
--- a/side-watcher/Cargo.toml
+++ b/side-watcher/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = "0.1.52"
 ezsockets = { version = "*", features = ["tungstenite"] }
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1.0.117"
 sha256 = "1.5.0"
-side-node = { path = "../side-node" }
 tokio = { version = "1.17.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1.32"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.9"