diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3e05785e..e26f7cc4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1562,7 +1562,6 @@ name = "example-low-level-native-tls"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
- "futures-util",
  "hyper 1.5.2",
  "hyper-util",
  "tokio",
@@ -1577,7 +1576,6 @@ name = "example-low-level-openssl"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
- "futures-util",
  "hyper 1.5.2",
  "hyper-util",
  "openssl",
@@ -1593,7 +1591,6 @@ name = "example-low-level-rustls"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
- "futures-util",
  "hyper 1.5.2",
  "hyper-util",
  "tokio",
diff --git a/examples/low-level-native-tls/Cargo.toml b/examples/low-level-native-tls/Cargo.toml
index 108e2303..a45b992a 100644
--- a/examples/low-level-native-tls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/low-level-native-tls/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
-futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 hyper = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1" }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/examples/low-level-openssl/Cargo.toml b/examples/low-level-openssl/Cargo.toml
index 063eb72a..debd28d4 100644
--- a/examples/low-level-openssl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/low-level-openssl/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
-futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 hyper = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1" }
 openssl = "0.10"
diff --git a/examples/low-level-rustls/Cargo.toml b/examples/low-level-rustls/Cargo.toml
index 0cf1bc87..49502919 100644
--- a/examples/low-level-rustls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/low-level-rustls/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
-futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 hyper = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1", features = ["http2"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }