diff --git a/embassy-executor/Cargo.toml b/embassy-executor/Cargo.toml
index ae46b17c..cbf6b2ab 100644
--- a/embassy-executor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/embassy-executor/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,10 +36,6 @@ embassy-macros = { version = "0.2.1", path = "../embassy-macros" }
 embassy-time = { version = "0.1.5", path = "../embassy-time", optional = true}
 critical-section = "1.1"
 
-# needed for riscv
-# remove when https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/114499 is merged
-portable-atomic = { version = "1.5", optional = true }
-
 # arch-cortex-m dependencies
 cortex-m = { version = "0.7.6", optional = true }