diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e99bf15b1bd..0fac945b493 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1671,7 +1671,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "futures-util",
  "matrix-sdk",
- "qrcode",
  "tokio",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "url",
diff --git a/examples/qr-login/Cargo.toml b/examples/qr-login/Cargo.toml
index 445e5384418..6af3a8d03ae 100644
--- a/examples/qr-login/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/qr-login/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ test = false
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 clap = { version = "4.0.15", features = ["derive"] }
-qrcode = { version = "0.14.1" }
 futures-util = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 url = "2.3.1"