diff --git a/src/agent/Cargo.lock b/src/agent/Cargo.lock
index 044f39437e..b8569e237b 100644
--- a/src/agent/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/agent/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,14 +1,5 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
-[[package]]
-name = "addr2line"
-version = "0.12.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a49806b9dadc843c61e7c97e72490ad7f7220ae249012fbda9ad0609457c0543"
-dependencies = [
- "gimli",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "adler32"
 version = "1.0.4"
@@ -54,19 +45,6 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8aac770f1885fd7e387acedd76065302551364496e46b3dd00860b2f8359b9d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "backtrace"
-version = "0.3.48"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0df2f85c8a2abbe3b7d7e748052fdd9b76a0458fdeb16ad4223f5eca78c7c130"
-dependencies = [
- "addr2line",
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "object",
- "rustc-demangle",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.11.0"
@@ -213,7 +191,6 @@ version = "0.12.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d371106cc88ffdfb1eabd7111e432da544f16f3e2d7bf1dfe8bf575f1df045cd"
 dependencies = [
- "backtrace",
  "version_check",
 ]
 
@@ -246,12 +223,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "gimli"
-version = "0.21.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bcc8e0c9bce37868955864dbecd2b1ab2bdf967e6f28066d65aaac620444b65c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hex"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -269,7 +240,6 @@ name = "kata-agent"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "error-chain",
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "logging",
@@ -412,12 +382,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "object"
-version = "0.19.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9cbca9424c482ee628fa549d9c812e2cd22f1180b9222c9200fdfa6eb31aecb2"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "oci"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -649,12 +613,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustc-demangle"
-version = "0.1.16"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4c691c0e608126e00913e33f0ccf3727d5fc84573623b8d65b2df340b5201783"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustjail"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -662,7 +620,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "caps",
  "dirs",
- "error-chain",
  "lazy_static",
  "libc",
  "nix 0.17.0",
diff --git a/src/agent/Cargo.toml b/src/agent/Cargo.toml
index e3529161ad..7b4ef1f1eb 100644
--- a/src/agent/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/agent/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ rustjail = { path = "rustjail" }
 protocols = { path = "protocols" }
 netlink = { path = "netlink", features = ["with-log", "with-agent-handler"] }
 lazy_static = "1.3.0"
-error-chain = "0.12.1"
 ttrpc = { git = "https://github.com/containerd/ttrpc-rust.git", branch="0.3.0" }
 protobuf = "=2.14.0"
 libc = "0.2.58"
diff --git a/src/agent/rustjail/Cargo.toml b/src/agent/rustjail/Cargo.toml
index 9bd7023203..c8481efa6b 100644
--- a/src/agent/rustjail/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/agent/rustjail/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ authors = ["The Kata Containers community <kata-dev@lists.katacontainers.io>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
-error-chain = "0.12.1"
 serde = "1.0.91"
 serde_json = "1.0.39"
 serde_derive = "1.0.91"