diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 64be5eff..e0801784 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -359,7 +359,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper",
  "mime",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "rustversion",
  "sync_wrapper",
  "tokio",
  "tower-http",
diff --git a/axum-core/CHANGELOG.md b/axum-core/CHANGELOG.md
index f60f82b4..7783a750 100644
--- a/axum-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/axum-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+# Unreleased
+
+- **fixed:** Removed unused `rustversion` dependency ([#3502])
+
+[#3502]: https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/3502
+
 # 0.5.3
 
 - **added:** `DefaultBodyLimit::apply` for changing the `DefaultBodyLimit` inside extractors.
diff --git a/axum-core/Cargo.toml b/axum-core/Cargo.toml
index 6c0e3597..79c27dc3 100644
--- a/axum-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/axum-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ http-body = "1.0.0"
 http-body-util = "0.1.0"
 mime = "0.3.16"
 pin-project-lite = "0.2.7"
-rustversion = "1.0.9"
 sync_wrapper = "1.0.0"
 tower-layer = "0.3"
 tower-service = "0.3"