diff --git a/examples/demo/Cargo.toml b/examples/demo/Cargo.toml
index 742c512d0..042183257 100644
--- a/examples/demo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/demo/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ rayon = "1.5"
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "hermit")'.dependencies]
 hermit = { path = "../../hermit", default-features = false }
 
-[target.'cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")'.dependencies.aarch64]
-aarch64 = { version = "0.0.11", default-features = false }
-
 [features]
 default = ["fs", "hermit/acpi", "hermit/pci", "hermit/smp"]
 fs = ["hermit/fs"]
diff --git a/examples/demo/src/tests.rs b/examples/demo/src/tests.rs
index 2d45863f8..583f84edf 100644
--- a/examples/demo/src/tests.rs
+++ b/examples/demo/src/tests.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ use std::net::{TcpListener, TcpStream};
 use std::time::{self, Instant};
 use std::{env, str, thread, vec};
 
-#[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
-use aarch64::regs::*;
 use rayon::prelude::*;
 
 pub fn test_sleep() -> Result<(), ()> {