diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 907cfb5d68..8b11e3bcf7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1032,20 +1032,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.9.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam"
-version = "0.8.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fd01a6eb3daaafa260f6fc94c3a6c36390abc2080e38e3e34ced87393fb77d80"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "crossbeam-channel",
- "crossbeam-deque 0.8.0",
- "crossbeam-epoch 0.9.3",
- "crossbeam-queue",
- "crossbeam-utils 0.8.3",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-channel"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -5815,8 +5801,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "coreaudio-sys",
  "cpal",
  "criterion",
- "crossbeam",
  "crossbeam-channel",
+ "crossbeam-utils 0.8.3",
  "directories-next",
  "dispatch 0.1.4",
  "dot_vox",
diff --git a/voxygen/Cargo.toml b/voxygen/Cargo.toml
index 9f949936bc..6bd924bd55 100644
--- a/voxygen/Cargo.toml
+++ b/voxygen/Cargo.toml
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ bincode = "1.3.1"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.9", features = ["serde"] }
 cpal = "0.13"
 copy_dir = "0.1.2"
-crossbeam = "0.8.0"
+crossbeam-utils = "0.8.1"
+crossbeam-channel = "0.5"
 # TODO: remove
 directories-next = "2.0"
 dot_vox = "4.0"
@@ -106,7 +107,6 @@ num_cpus = "1.0"
 # vec_map = { version = "0.8.2" }
 # inline_tweak = "1.0.2"
 itertools = "0.10.0"
-crossbeam-channel = "0.5"
 
 # Tracy
 tracing = "0.1"
diff --git a/voxygen/src/menu/main/client_init.rs b/voxygen/src/menu/main/client_init.rs
index de69abc5a5..6c213ffc0b 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/menu/main/client_init.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/menu/main/client_init.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use client::{
     Client, ServerInfo,
 };
 use common::consts::MIN_RECOMMENDED_TOKIO_THREADS;
-use crossbeam::channel::{unbounded, Receiver, Sender, TryRecvError};
+use crossbeam_channel::{unbounded, Receiver, Sender, TryRecvError};
 use std::{
     sync::{
         atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering},
diff --git a/voxygen/src/scene/figure/cache.rs b/voxygen/src/scene/figure/cache.rs
index c148d5a9dd..e74ba048a2 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/scene/figure/cache.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/scene/figure/cache.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use common::{
     vol::BaseVol,
 };
 use core::{hash::Hash, ops::Range};
-use crossbeam::atomic;
+use crossbeam_utils::atomic;
 use hashbrown::{hash_map::Entry, HashMap};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use vek::*;
diff --git a/voxygen/src/scene/terrain.rs b/voxygen/src/scene/terrain.rs
index 3713425bd5..65e34bde73 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/scene/terrain.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/scene/terrain.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use common::{
 };
 use common_base::span;
 use core::{f32, fmt::Debug, i32, marker::PhantomData, time::Duration};
-use crossbeam::channel;
+use crossbeam_channel as channel;
 use enum_iterator::IntoEnumIterator;
 use guillotiere::AtlasAllocator;
 use hashbrown::HashMap;
diff --git a/voxygen/src/singleplayer.rs b/voxygen/src/singleplayer.rs
index 25c5575482..cb9fd50f20 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/singleplayer.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/singleplayer.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use common::{clock::Clock, consts::MIN_RECOMMENDED_TOKIO_THREADS};
-use crossbeam::channel::{bounded, unbounded, Receiver, Sender, TryRecvError};
+use crossbeam_channel::{bounded, unbounded, Receiver, Sender, TryRecvError};
 use server::{
     persistence::{DatabaseSettings, SqlLogMode},
     Error as ServerError, Event, Input, Server,
diff --git a/voxygen/src/window.rs b/voxygen/src/window.rs
index c4e37e9c61..06179e860a 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/window.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/window.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::{
     ui, Error,
 };
 use common_base::span;
-use crossbeam::channel;
+use crossbeam_channel as channel;
 use gilrs::{EventType, Gilrs};
 use hashbrown::HashMap;
 use itertools::Itertools;