diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bbeb2a3dc4bb..a5a536ce5c9c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tauri-build",
  "tauri-plugin-log",
  "tauri-plugin-sample",
- "tiny_http",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -425,12 +424,6 @@ version = "0.7.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7c02d123df017efcdfbd739ef81735b36c5ba83ec3c59c80a9d7ecc718f92e50"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ascii"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d92bec98840b8f03a5ff5413de5293bfcd8bf96467cf5452609f939ec6f5de16"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "asn1-rs"
 version = "0.5.2"
@@ -1226,12 +1219,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-link 0.1.1",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "chunked_transfer"
-version = "1.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6e4de3bc4ea267985becf712dc6d9eed8b04c953b3fcfb339ebc87acd9804901"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cipher"
 version = "0.4.4"
@@ -9467,19 +9454,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "strict-num",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tiny_http"
-version = "0.11.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e0d6ef4e10d23c1efb862eecad25c5054429a71958b4eeef85eb5e7170b477ca"
-dependencies = [
- "ascii",
- "chunked_transfer",
- "log",
- "time",
- "url",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tinystr"
 version = "0.7.6"
diff --git a/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 2e6243190f87..b09e4fd1acb6 100644
--- a/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ tauri-build = { path = "../../../crates/tauri-build", features = [
 [dependencies]
 serde_json = "1"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
-tiny_http = "0.11"
 log = "0.4.21"
 tauri-plugin-sample = { path = "./tauri-plugin-sample/" }
 tauri-plugin-log = "2"
diff --git a/examples/api/src-tauri/src/lib.rs b/examples/api/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
index 84fdb35ecb32..fb3b75b4eb80 100644
--- a/examples/api/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/api/src-tauri/src/lib.rs
@@ -122,31 +122,6 @@ pub fn run_app<R: Runtime, F: FnOnce(&App<R>) + Send + 'static>(
         assert_eq!(res.value, value);
       }
 
-      #[cfg(desktop)]
-      std::thread::spawn(|| {
-        let server = match tiny_http::Server::http("localhost:3003") {
-          Ok(s) => s,
-          Err(e) => {
-            eprintln!("{e}");
-            std::process::exit(1);
-          }
-        };
-        loop {
-          if let Ok(mut request) = server.recv() {
-            let mut body = Vec::new();
-            let _ = request.as_reader().read_to_end(&mut body);
-            let response = tiny_http::Response::new(
-              tiny_http::StatusCode(200),
-              request.headers().to_vec(),
-              std::io::Cursor::new(body),
-              request.body_length(),
-              None,
-            );
-            let _ = request.respond(response);
-          }
-        }
-      });
-
       setup(app);
 
       Ok(())