diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1f83bb53f..8069fcf6e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ path = "src/cargo/lib.rs"
 [dependencies]
 atty = "0.2"
 crates-io = { path = "src/crates-io", version = "0.18" }
-crossbeam = "0.4"
+crossbeam-utils = "0.4"
 crypto-hash = "0.3.1"
 curl = "0.4.13"
 env_logger = "0.5.4"
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ libc = "0.2"
 log = "0.4"
 libgit2-sys = "0.7.5"
 num_cpus = "1.0"
-parking_lot_core = "0.2.11" # required only for minimal-versions. brought in by crossbeam.
 rustfix = "0.4"
 same-file = "1"
 semver = { version = "0.9.0", features = ["serde"] }
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/compiler/job_queue.rs b/src/cargo/core/compiler/job_queue.rs
index fcd9e3642..470682952 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/compiler/job_queue.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/compiler/job_queue.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use std::mem;
 use std::sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver, Sender};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use crossbeam;
-use crossbeam::thread::Scope;
+use crossbeam_utils;
+use crossbeam_utils::scoped::Scope;
 use jobserver::{Acquired, HelperThread};
 
 use core::profiles::Profile;
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ impl<'a> JobQueue<'a> {
                 srv.start(move |msg| drop(tx2.send(Message::FixDiagnostic(msg))))
             });
 
-        crossbeam::scope(|scope| self.drain_the_queue(cx, plan, scope, &helper))
+        crossbeam_utils::scoped::scope(|scope| self.drain_the_queue(cx, plan, scope, &helper))
     }
 
     fn drain_the_queue(
diff --git a/src/cargo/lib.rs b/src/cargo/lib.rs
index 987a13090..6b3fa6049 100644
--- a/src/cargo/lib.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/lib.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ extern crate clap;
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
 extern crate core_foundation;
 extern crate crates_io as registry;
-extern crate crossbeam;
+extern crate crossbeam_utils;
 extern crate curl;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate failure;