diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0c99baa74..4a3ddf246 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ levenshtein_automata = {version="0.1", features=["fst_automaton"]}
 bit-set = "0.5"
 uuid = { version = "0.7", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
 crossbeam = "0.5"
-crossbeam-channel = "0.3"
 futures = "0.1"
 futures-cpupool = "0.1"
 owning_ref = "0.4"
diff --git a/src/indexer/index_writer.rs b/src/indexer/index_writer.rs
index a67e18802..78d84085f 100644
--- a/src/indexer/index_writer.rs
+++ b/src/indexer/index_writer.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use core::SegmentComponent;
 use core::SegmentId;
 use core::SegmentMeta;
 use core::SegmentReader;
-use crossbeam_channel as channel;
+use crossbeam::channel;
 use docset::DocSet;
 use error::TantivyError;
 use fastfield::write_delete_bitset;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 626aba200..12c7a105e 100755
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ extern crate byteorder;
 extern crate combine;
 
 extern crate crossbeam;
-extern crate crossbeam_channel;
 extern crate fnv;
 extern crate fst;
 extern crate fst_regex;