diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3525cd2c..bb3a3f99 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -945,8 +945,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-rt",
  "anyhow",
  "assert2",
- "async-trait",
- "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
  "clap",
  "derive-with",
@@ -964,7 +962,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand",
  "secrecy",
  "sendmail",
- "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "standardwebhooks",
  "test-log",
@@ -982,7 +979,6 @@ name = "git-next-core"
 version = "0.13.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix",
- "actix-rt",
  "assert2",
  "async-trait",
  "derive-with",
@@ -999,9 +995,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "test-log",
  "thiserror",
+ "time",
  "toml",
  "tracing",
- "tracing-subscriber",
  "ulid",
 ]
 
@@ -1011,9 +1007,6 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 dependencies = [
  "assert2",
  "async-trait",
- "base64 0.22.1",
- "bytes",
- "derive_more",
  "git-next-core",
  "kxio",
  "rand",
@@ -1021,9 +1014,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
- "toml",
  "tracing",
- "ulid",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1032,8 +1023,6 @@ version = "0.13.0"
 dependencies = [
  "assert2",
  "async-trait",
- "base64 0.22.1",
- "bytes",
  "clap",
  "derive_more",
  "git-next-core",
@@ -1046,9 +1035,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
  "tokio",
- "toml",
  "tracing",
- "ulid",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
index 6b79b6f6..c74f1a2a 100644
--- a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,18 +31,12 @@ kxio = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 
-# git
-async-trait = { workspace = true }
-
 # Conventional Commit check
 git-conventional = { workspace = true }
 
 # TOML parsing
 toml = { workspace = true }
 
-# base64 decoding
-base64 = { workspace = true }
-
 # Actors
 actix = { workspace = true }
 actix-rt = { workspace = true }
@@ -54,7 +48,6 @@ anyhow = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 
 # Webhooks
-serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 ulid = { workspace = true }
 time = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/core/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
index ab91cc69..d8112f9f 100644
--- a/crates/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,14 +14,12 @@ github = []
 [dependencies]
 # logging
 tracing = { workspace = true }
-tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 
 # fs/network
 kxio = { workspace = true }
 
 # Actors
 actix = { workspace = true }
-actix-rt = { workspace = true }
 
 # TOML parsing
 serde = { workspace = true }
@@ -37,6 +35,7 @@ async-trait = { workspace = true }
 
 # Webhooks
 ulid = { workspace = true }
+time = { workspace = true }
 
 # boilerplate
 derive_more = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/forge-forgejo/Cargo.toml b/crates/forge-forgejo/Cargo.toml
index 95fa6464..7c26dde7 100644
--- a/crates/forge-forgejo/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/forge-forgejo/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ git-next-core = { workspace = true }
 # logging
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 
-# base64 decoding
-base64 = { workspace = true }
-
 # git
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 
@@ -24,18 +21,10 @@ kxio = { workspace = true }
 # TOML parsing
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
-toml = { workspace = true }
 
 # Secrets and Password
 secrecy = { workspace = true }
 
-# Webhooks
-bytes = { workspace = true }
-ulid = { workspace = true }
-
-# boilerplate
-derive_more = { workspace = true }
-
 # # Actors
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/crates/forge-github/Cargo.toml b/crates/forge-github/Cargo.toml
index 981b4517..b8bb1a79 100644
--- a/crates/forge-github/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/forge-github/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ hmac = { workspace = true }
 sha2 = { workspace = true }
 hex = { workspace = true }
 
-# base64 decoding
-base64 = { workspace = true }
-
 # git
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 
@@ -32,15 +29,10 @@ kxio = { workspace = true }
 # TOML parsing
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
-toml = { workspace = true }
 
 # Secrets and Password
 secrecy = { workspace = true }
 
-# Webhooks
-bytes = { workspace = true }
-ulid = { workspace = true }
-
 # boilerplate
 derive_more = { workspace = true }