diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c588f4c01..49f6dc317 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@
 #![doc(html_root_url = "https://docs.rs/tokio-core/0.1")]
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
 
-#[macro_use]
 extern crate futures;
 extern crate mio;
 extern crate slab;