diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 766e4eee9dc..5e3948c6332 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1755,7 +1755,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "parse-hosts 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 0.9.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde_derive 0.9.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "servo-websocket 0.18.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "servo_config 0.0.1",
  "servo_url 0.0.1",
  "url 1.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/components/net_traits/Cargo.toml b/components/net_traits/Cargo.toml
index cc4c0327667..565b3d81c6c 100644
--- a/components/net_traits/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/net_traits/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ serde = "0.9"
 serde_derive = "0.9"
 servo_config = {path = "../config", features = ["servo"]}
 servo_url = {path = "../url", features = ["servo"]}
-servo-websocket = "0.18"
 url = {version = "1.2", features = ["heap_size"]}
 uuid = {version = "0.4", features = ["v4", "serde"]}
 webrender_traits = {git = "https://github.com/servo/webrender", features = ["ipc"]}
diff --git a/components/net_traits/lib.rs b/components/net_traits/lib.rs
index 768996b6748..f11f2e2a28a 100644
--- a/components/net_traits/lib.rs
+++ b/components/net_traits/lib.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ extern crate servo_url;
 extern crate url;
 extern crate uuid;
 extern crate webrender_traits;
-extern crate websocket;
 
 use cookie_rs::Cookie;
 use filemanager_thread::FileManagerThreadMsg;
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ use request::{Request, RequestInit};
 use response::{HttpsState, Response};
 use servo_url::ServoUrl;
 use storage_thread::StorageThreadMsg;
-use websocket::header;
 
 pub mod blob_url_store;
 pub mod filemanager_thread;