diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 446d57e7..6e59fd52 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2316,7 +2316,7 @@ checksum = "0dc92fb57ca44df6db8059111ab3af99a63d5d0f8375d9972e319a379c6bab76"
 dependencies = [
  "generic-array 0.14.7",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
- "serdect 0.2.0",
+ "serdect",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -2328,7 +2328,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "96272c2ff28b807e09250b180ad1fb7889a3258f7455759b5c3c58b719467130"
 dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
- "serdect 0.3.0",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -2943,7 +2942,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest 0.10.7",
  "elliptic-curve",
  "rfc6979",
- "serdect 0.2.0",
+ "serdect",
  "signature",
  "spki",
 ]
@@ -3023,7 +3022,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkcs8",
  "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "sec1",
- "serdect 0.2.0",
+ "serdect",
  "subtle",
  "tap",
  "zeroize",
@@ -4761,7 +4760,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ecdsa",
  "elliptic-curve",
  "once_cell",
- "serdect 0.2.0",
+ "serdect",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
 ]
 
@@ -9561,7 +9560,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "der",
  "generic-array 0.14.7",
  "pkcs8",
- "serdect 0.2.0",
+ "serdect",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -10917,16 +10916,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serdect"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f42f67da2385b51a5f9652db9c93d78aeaf7610bf5ec366080b6de810604af53"
-dependencies = [
- "base16ct",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sha-1"
 version = "0.9.8"
diff --git a/crypto/ed448/Cargo.toml b/crypto/ed448/Cargo.toml
index f7441f57..221cf87e 100644
--- a/crypto/ed448/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crypto/ed448/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ rand_core = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 ff-group-tests = { path = "../ff-group-tests" }
 
 [features]
-alloc = ["zeroize/alloc", "sha3/alloc", "crypto-bigint/alloc", "prime-field/alloc", "ciphersuite/alloc"]
+alloc = ["zeroize/alloc", "sha3/alloc", "prime-field/alloc", "ciphersuite/alloc"]
 std = ["alloc", "zeroize/std", "prime-field/std", "ciphersuite/std"]
 default = ["std"]
diff --git a/crypto/prime-field/Cargo.toml b/crypto/prime-field/Cargo.toml
index 5b5dc027..d9ddad8a 100644
--- a/crypto/prime-field/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crypto/prime-field/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,6 @@ ff = { version = "0.13", default-features = false, features = ["bits"] }
 ff-group-tests = { version = "0.13", path = "../ff-group-tests", optional = true }
 
 [features]
-alloc = ["zeroize/alloc", "crypto-bigint/alloc", "ff/alloc"]
+alloc = ["zeroize/alloc", "ff/alloc"]
 std = ["alloc", "zeroize/std", "subtle/std", "rand_core/std", "ff/std", "ff-group-tests"]
 default = ["std"]
diff --git a/patches/dalek-ff-group/Cargo.toml b/patches/dalek-ff-group/Cargo.toml
index 0cac3c94..c05f14f8 100644
--- a/patches/dalek-ff-group/Cargo.toml
+++ b/patches/dalek-ff-group/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ crypto-bigint = { version = "0.6", default-features = false, features = ["zeroiz
 prime-field = { path = "../../crypto/prime-field", default-features = false }
 
 [features]
-alloc = ["dalek-ff-group/alloc", "crypto-bigint-05/alloc", "crypto-bigint/alloc", "prime-field/alloc"]
+alloc = ["dalek-ff-group/alloc", "prime-field/alloc"]
 std = ["alloc", "dalek-ff-group/std", "prime-field/std"]
 default = ["std"]