diff --git b/rules.mk a/rules.mk
index 81f63ed..69b7784 100644
--- b/rules.mk
+++ a/rules.mk
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ MODULE_RUSTFLAGS += \
 	--cfg 'feature="default"' \
 
 MODULE_LIBRARY_DEPS := \
-	external/rust/crates/bytes \
 	external/rust/crates/once_cell \
 	external/rust/crates/protobuf-support \
 	external/rust/crates/thiserror \