diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/deps.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/deps.rs
index 57bdf752317cc..de54eb8f57312 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/deps.rs
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/deps.rs
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ const WHITELIST: &[Crate<'_>] = &[
     Crate("serde"),
     Crate("serde_derive"),
     Crate("smallvec"),
-    Crate("spin"),
     Crate("stable_deref_trait"),
     Crate("syn"),
     Crate("synstructure"),