diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 92cda74b2b..92db1ffa26 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bincode",
  "borsh 0.10.3",
  "bytemuck",
- "bytemuck_derive",
  "solana-program",
  "thiserror",
 ]
diff --git a/lang/Cargo.toml b/lang/Cargo.toml
index 17f7550655..db6d437f5d 100644
--- a/lang/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lang/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,8 +58,3 @@ borsh = "0.10.3"
 bytemuck = "1"
 solana-program = "2"
 thiserror = "1"
-
-# v1.9 specifies `rust-version = "1.84"`, which causes compatibility issues with Solana build
-# tools' Rust version (1.79.0 at the time of writing this comment).
-# TODO: Remove when the Solana version we use comes with Rust version >= 1.84
-bytemuck_derive = ">1.0.0, <1.9"