diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ecc8deedf3..25506c963a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ doctest = false # and no doc tests
 required-features = ["rustc_tests"]
 
 [dependencies]
-byteorder = { version = "1.1", features = ["i128"] }
 cargo_metadata = { version = "0.8", optional = true }
 directories = { version = "2.0", optional = true }
 rustc_version = { version = "0.2.3", optional = true }
 getrandom = { version = "0.1.8", features = ["std"] }
+byteorder = "1.3"
 env_logger = "0.6"
 log = "0.4"
 shell-escape = "0.1.4"