diff --git a/src/agent/Cargo.lock b/src/agent/Cargo.lock
index 913d342745..9e933a1808 100644
--- a/src/agent/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/agent/Cargo.lock
@@ -4375,7 +4375,6 @@ name = "protocols"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "kata-sys-util",
  "oci-spec",
  "protobuf 3.5.1",
  "serde",
diff --git a/src/libs/Cargo.lock b/src/libs/Cargo.lock
index 253ffcf94f..ed7184c48e 100644
--- a/src/libs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/libs/Cargo.lock
@@ -1290,7 +1290,6 @@ name = "protocols"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "kata-sys-util",
  "oci-spec",
  "protobuf 3.2.0",
  "serde",
diff --git a/src/libs/kata-sys-util/src/spec.rs b/src/libs/kata-sys-util/src/spec.rs
index c7a7ba405e..762af62b12 100644
--- a/src/libs/kata-sys-util/src/spec.rs
+++ b/src/libs/kata-sys-util/src/spec.rs
@@ -97,11 +97,3 @@ pub fn load_oci_spec() -> Result<oci::Spec, OciSpecError> {
 
     oci::Spec::load(spec_file.to_str().unwrap_or_default())
 }
-
-/// handle string parsing for input possibly be JSON string.
-pub fn parse_json_string(input: &str) -> &str {
-    let json_str: &str = serde_json::from_str(input).unwrap_or(input);
-    let stripped_str = json_str.strip_prefix("CAP_").unwrap_or(json_str);
-
-    stripped_str
-}
diff --git a/src/libs/protocols/Cargo.toml b/src/libs/protocols/Cargo.toml
index 366e1bea23..2b945f42c7 100644
--- a/src/libs/protocols/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/libs/protocols/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,19 +7,17 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 
 [features]
 default = []
-with-serde = [ "serde", "serde_json" ]
+with-serde = []
 async = ["ttrpc/async", "async-trait"]
 
 [dependencies]
 ttrpc = "0.8"
 async-trait = { version = "0.1.42", optional = true }
 protobuf = { version = "3.2.0" }
-serde = { version = "1.0.130", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
-serde_json = { version = "1.0.68", optional = true }
+serde = { version = "1.0.130", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.68"
 oci-spec = { version = "0.6.8", features = ["runtime"] }
 
-kata-sys-util = { path = "../kata-sys-util" }
-
 [build-dependencies]
 ttrpc-codegen = "0.4.2"
 protobuf = { version = "3.2.0" }
diff --git a/src/libs/protocols/src/trans.rs b/src/libs/protocols/src/trans.rs
index 38428a8804..d7cbba30ac 100644
--- a/src/libs/protocols/src/trans.rs
+++ b/src/libs/protocols/src/trans.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use crate::oci as grpc;
-use kata_sys_util::spec::parse_json_string;
 use oci_spec::runtime as oci;
 
 // translate from interface to ttprc tools
@@ -41,8 +40,9 @@ fn cap_hashset2vec(hash_set: &Option<HashSet<oci::Capability>>) -> Vec<String> {
 fn cap_vec2hashset(caps: Vec<String>) -> HashSet<oci::Capability> {
     caps.iter()
         .map(|cap: &String| {
-            let cap_str = parse_json_string(cap);
-            cap_str
+            // cap might be JSON-encoded
+            let decoded: &str = serde_json::from_str(cap).unwrap_or(cap);
+            decoded.strip_prefix("CAP_").unwrap_or(decoded)
                 .parse::<oci::Capability>()
                 .unwrap_or_else(|_| panic!("Failed to parse {:?} to Enum Capability", cap))
         })
@@ -1238,6 +1238,11 @@ impl From<grpc::LinuxIntelRdt> for oci::LinuxIntelRdt {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+    use std::collections::HashSet;
+
+    use super::cap_vec2hashset;
+    use super::oci;
+
     fn from_vec<F: Sized, T: From<F>>(from: Vec<F>) -> Vec<T> {
         let mut to: Vec<T> = vec![];
         for data in from {
@@ -1289,4 +1294,26 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(from.len(), to.len());
         assert_eq!(from[0].from, to[0].to);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_cap_vec2hashset_good() {
+        let expected: HashSet<oci::Capability> =
+            vec![oci::Capability::NetAdmin, oci::Capability::Mknod]
+                .into_iter()
+                .collect();
+        let actual = cap_vec2hashset(vec![
+            "CAP_NET_ADMIN".to_string(),
+            "\"CAP_MKNOD\"".to_string(),
+        ]);
+
+        assert_eq!(expected, actual);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    #[should_panic]
+    fn test_cap_vec2hashset_bad() {
+        cap_vec2hashset(vec![
+            "CAP_DOES_NOT_EXIST".to_string(),
+        ]);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock b/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock
index 44e409b27f..b838ca9c1b 100644
--- a/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/runtime-rs/Cargo.lock
@@ -2998,9 +2998,10 @@ name = "protocols"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
- "kata-sys-util",
  "oci-spec",
  "protobuf 3.2.0",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "ttrpc",
  "ttrpc-codegen",
 ]
diff --git a/src/tools/agent-ctl/Cargo.lock b/src/tools/agent-ctl/Cargo.lock
index d931c1b735..8dc37616cd 100644
--- a/src/tools/agent-ctl/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/tools/agent-ctl/Cargo.lock
@@ -1681,7 +1681,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "protocols"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "kata-sys-util",
  "oci-spec",
  "protobuf 3.2.0",
  "serde",
diff --git a/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.lock b/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.lock
index 0ad4fefb5b..74df8a2bbd 100644
--- a/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/tools/genpolicy/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,17 +17,6 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ahash"
-version = "0.7.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "891477e0c6a8957309ee5c45a6368af3ae14bb510732d2684ffa19af310920f9"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
- "once_cell",
- "version_check",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -58,18 +47,6 @@ version = "1.0.69"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "224afbd727c3d6e4b90103ece64b8d1b67fbb1973b1046c2281eed3f3803f800"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "arc-swap"
-version = "1.7.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "69f7f8c3906b62b754cd5326047894316021dcfe5a194c8ea52bdd94934a3457"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "arrayvec"
-version = "0.7.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "96d30a06541fbafbc7f82ed10c06164cfbd2c401138f6addd8404629c4b16711"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
 version = "0.1.68"
@@ -171,28 +148,6 @@ version = "2.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "327762f6e5a765692301e5bb513e0d9fef63be86bbc14528052b1cd3e6f03e07"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bitmask-enum"
-version = "2.2.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "afb15541e888071f64592c0b4364fdff21b7cb0a247f984296699351963a8721"
-dependencies = [
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.58",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "bitvec"
-version = "1.0.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1bc2832c24239b0141d5674bb9174f9d68a8b5b3f2753311927c172ca46f7e9c"
-dependencies = [
- "funty",
- "radium",
- "tap",
- "wyz",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
 version = "0.10.4"
@@ -202,69 +157,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "borsh"
-version = "1.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a6362ed55def622cddc70a4746a68554d7b687713770de539e59a739b249f8ed"
-dependencies = [
- "borsh-derive",
- "cfg_aliases",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "borsh-derive"
-version = "1.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c3ef8005764f53cd4dca619f5bf64cafd4664dada50ece25e4d81de54c80cc0b"
-dependencies = [
- "once_cell",
- "proc-macro-crate",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.58",
- "syn_derive",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
 version = "3.12.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0d261e256854913907f67ed06efbc3338dfe6179796deefc1ff763fc1aee5535"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "byte-unit"
-version = "5.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "33ac19bdf0b2665407c39d82dbc937e951e7e2001609f0fb32edd0af45a2d63e"
-dependencies = [
- "rust_decimal",
- "serde",
- "utf8-width",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "bytecheck"
-version = "0.6.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b6372023ac861f6e6dc89c8344a8f398fb42aaba2b5dbc649ca0c0e9dbcb627"
-dependencies = [
- "bytecheck_derive",
- "ptr_meta",
- "simdutf8",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "bytecheck_derive"
-version = "0.6.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3db406d29fbcd95542e92559bed4d8ad92636d1ca8b3b72ede10b4bcc010e659"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
 version = "1.4.3"
@@ -289,12 +187,6 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cfg_aliases"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "613afe47fcd5fac7ccf1db93babcb082c5994d996f20b8b159f2ad1658eb5724"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "chrono"
 version = "0.4.31"
@@ -356,12 +248,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "common-path"
-version = "1.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2382f75942f4b3be3690fe4f86365e9c853c1587d6ee58212cebf6e2a9ccd101"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "containerd-client"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -476,37 +362,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "typenum",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "darling"
-version = "0.14.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7b750cb3417fd1b327431a470f388520309479ab0bf5e323505daf0290cd3850"
-dependencies = [
- "darling_core 0.14.4",
- "darling_macro 0.14.4",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
 version = "0.20.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "83b2eb4d90d12bdda5ed17de686c2acb4c57914f8f921b8da7e112b5a36f3fe1"
 dependencies = [
- "darling_core 0.20.9",
- "darling_macro 0.20.9",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "darling_core"
-version = "0.14.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "109c1ca6e6b7f82cc233a97004ea8ed7ca123a9af07a8230878fcfda9b158bf0"
-dependencies = [
- "fnv",
- "ident_case",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
+ "darling_core",
+ "darling_macro",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -523,24 +386,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.58",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "darling_macro"
-version = "0.14.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a4aab4dbc9f7611d8b55048a3a16d2d010c2c8334e46304b40ac1cc14bf3b48e"
-dependencies = [
- "darling_core 0.14.4",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "darling_macro"
 version = "0.20.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "733cabb43482b1a1b53eee8583c2b9e8684d592215ea83efd305dd31bc2f0178"
 dependencies = [
- "darling_core 0.20.9",
+ "darling_core",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.58",
 ]
@@ -571,7 +423,7 @@ version = "0.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d48cda787f839151732d396ac69e3473923d54312c070ee21e9effcaa8ca0b1d"
 dependencies = [
- "darling 0.20.9",
+ "darling",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.58",
@@ -674,17 +526,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "fail"
-version = "0.5.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fe5e43d0f78a42ad591453aedb1d7ae631ce7ee445c7643691055a9ed8d3b01c"
-dependencies = [
- "log",
- "once_cell",
- "rand",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "fastrand"
 version = "1.9.0"
@@ -770,12 +611,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "funty"
-version = "2.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6d5a32815ae3f33302d95fdcb2ce17862f8c65363dcfd29360480ba1001fc9c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-channel"
 version = "0.3.28"
@@ -914,12 +749,6 @@ version = "0.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6fb8d784f27acf97159b40fc4db5ecd8aa23b9ad5ef69cdd136d3bc80665f0c0"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "glob"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d2fabcfbdc87f4758337ca535fb41a6d701b65693ce38287d856d1674551ec9b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.3.16"
@@ -944,9 +773,6 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
-dependencies = [
- "ahash",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
@@ -990,12 +816,6 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fed44880c466736ef9a5c5b5facefb5ed0785676d0c02d612db14e54f0d84286"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hex"
-version = "0.4.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hmac"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -1123,7 +943,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "iana-time-zone-haiku",
  "js-sys",
  "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows-core 0.50.0",
+ "windows-core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1269,57 +1089,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tonic-build 0.8.4",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "kata-sys-util"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "byteorder",
- "chrono",
- "common-path",
- "fail",
- "hex",
- "kata-types",
- "lazy_static",
- "libc",
- "nix 0.24.3",
- "oci-spec",
- "once_cell",
- "rand",
- "runtime-spec",
- "safe-path",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "slog",
- "slog-scope",
- "subprocess",
- "thiserror",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "kata-types"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "anyhow",
- "base64 0.13.1",
- "bitmask-enum",
- "byte-unit",
- "glob",
- "lazy_static",
- "num_cpus",
- "oci-spec",
- "regex",
- "safe-path",
- "serde",
- "serde-enum-str",
- "serde_json",
- "slog",
- "slog-scope",
- "sysinfo",
- "thiserror",
- "toml",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -1390,15 +1159,6 @@ version = "2.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "memoffset"
-version = "0.6.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5aa361d4faea93603064a027415f07bd8e1d5c88c9fbf68bf56a285428fd79ce"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "memoffset"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -1458,18 +1218,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nix"
-version = "0.24.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fa52e972a9a719cecb6864fb88568781eb706bac2cd1d4f04a648542dbf78069"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "memoffset 0.6.5",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nix"
 version = "0.26.4"
@@ -1479,19 +1227,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "memoffset 0.7.1",
+ "memoffset",
  "pin-utils",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ntapi"
-version = "0.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e8a3895c6391c39d7fe7ebc444a87eb2991b2a0bc718fdabd071eec617fc68e4"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "num"
 version = "0.4.3"
@@ -1783,15 +1522,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "proc-macro-crate"
-version = "3.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6d37c51ca738a55da99dc0c4a34860fd675453b8b36209178c2249bb13651284"
-dependencies = [
- "toml_edit",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-error"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -2000,7 +1730,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "protocols"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "kata-sys-util",
  "oci-spec",
  "protobuf 3.3.0",
  "serde",
@@ -2009,26 +1738,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "ttrpc-codegen",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ptr_meta"
-version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0738ccf7ea06b608c10564b31debd4f5bc5e197fc8bfe088f68ae5ce81e7a4f1"
-dependencies = [
- "ptr_meta_derive",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "ptr_meta_derive"
-version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "16b845dbfca988fa33db069c0e230574d15a3088f147a87b64c7589eb662c9ac"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 1.0.109",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "quote"
 version = "1.0.36"
@@ -2038,12 +1747,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "radium"
-version = "0.7.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dc33ff2d4973d518d823d61aa239014831e521c75da58e3df4840d3f47749d09"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rand"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -2074,26 +1777,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom",
 ]
 
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