diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index ff4685ac2..57b085bb4 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ steps:
       # need make existing toolchain available
       - cargo +nightly fmt -- --check
 
+  cargo_machete:
+    group: format
+    image: rustlang/rust:nightly
+    commands:
+      - wget https://github.com/cargo-bins/cargo-binstall/releases/latest/download/cargo-binstall-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tgz
+      - tar -xvf cargo-binstall-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tgz
+      - cp cargo-binstall /usr/local/cargo/bin
+      - cargo binstall -y cargo-machete
+      - cargo machete
+
   restore-cache:
     image: meltwater/drone-cache:v1
     pull: true
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1d9b2a690..83846ebfe 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -329,18 +329,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "actix-web-prom"
-version = "0.6.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9df3127d20a5d01c9fc9aceb969a38d31a6767e1b48a54d55a8f56c769a84923"
-dependencies = [
- "actix-web",
- "futures-core",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "prometheus",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "addr2line"
 version = "0.21.0"
@@ -2549,7 +2537,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "actix-web-httpauth",
  "anyhow",
- "async-trait",
  "base64 0.21.5",
  "bcrypt",
  "captcha",
@@ -2561,14 +2548,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "lemmy_db_views_actor",
  "lemmy_db_views_moderator",
  "lemmy_utils",
- "serde",
  "serial_test",
  "sitemap-rs",
  "tokio",
  "totp-rs",
  "tracing",
  "url",
- "uuid",
  "wav",
 ]
 
@@ -2613,15 +2598,12 @@ version = "0.19.0-rc.3"
 dependencies = [
  "activitypub_federation",
  "actix-web",
- "async-trait",
  "bcrypt",
- "chrono",
  "lemmy_api_common",
  "lemmy_db_schema",
  "lemmy_db_views",
  "lemmy_db_views_actor",
  "lemmy_utils",
- "serde",
  "tracing",
  "url",
  "uuid",
@@ -2756,12 +2738,9 @@ version = "0.19.0-rc.3"
 dependencies = [
  "activitypub_federation",
  "anyhow",
- "async-trait",
- "bytes",
  "chrono",
  "diesel",
  "diesel-async",
- "enum_delegate",
  "futures",
  "lemmy_api_common",
  "lemmy_apub",
@@ -2770,16 +2749,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "lemmy_utils",
  "moka",
  "once_cell",
- "openssl",
  "reqwest",
- "reqwest-middleware",
- "reqwest-tracing",
- "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
  "tracing",
- "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2801,7 +2775,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest-middleware",
  "rss",
  "serde",
- "strum",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
  "url",
@@ -2814,15 +2787,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "activitypub_federation",
  "actix-cors",
  "actix-web",
- "actix-web-httpauth",
- "actix-web-prom",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "clokwerk",
  "console-subscriber 0.1.10",
  "diesel",
  "diesel-async",
- "doku",
  "futures-util",
  "lemmy_api",
  "lemmy_api_common",
@@ -2839,13 +2809,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
  "reqwest-middleware",
  "reqwest-tracing",
- "rustls 0.21.8",
- "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serial_test",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-postgres",
- "tokio-postgres-rustls",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-actix-web",
  "tracing-error",
@@ -2861,7 +2827,6 @@ version = "0.19.0-rc.3"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "anyhow",
- "chrono",
  "deser-hjson",
  "diesel",
  "doku",
@@ -2889,7 +2854,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
  "tracing-error",
  "ts-rs",
- "typed-builder",
  "url",
  "uuid",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ec3be45f9..60e1a544a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ lemmy_federate = { version = "0.19.0-rc.3", path = "crates/federate" }
 activitypub_federation = { workspace = true }
 diesel = { workspace = true }
 diesel-async = { workspace = true }
-serde = { workspace = true }
 actix-web = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-actix-web = { workspace = true }
@@ -154,7 +153,6 @@ reqwest = { workspace = true }
 reqwest-middleware = { workspace = true }
 reqwest-tracing = { workspace = true }
 clokwerk = { workspace = true }
-doku = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 tracing-opentelemetry = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 opentelemetry = { workspace = true, optional = true }
@@ -163,13 +161,8 @@ opentelemetry-otlp = { version = "0.12.0", optional = true }
 pict-rs = { version = "0.4.5", optional = true }
 tokio.workspace = true
 actix-cors = "0.6.4"
-rustls = { workspace = true }
 futures-util = { workspace = true }
-tokio-postgres = { workspace = true }
-tokio-postgres-rustls = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true }
 prometheus = { version = "0.13.3", features = ["process"] }
-actix-web-prom = { version = "0.6.0" }
 serial_test = { workspace = true }
 clap = { version = "4.4.7", features = ["derive"] }
-actix-web-httpauth = "0.8.1"
diff --git a/crates/api/Cargo.toml b/crates/api/Cargo.toml
index 758a6c510..bb36bb7e3 100644
--- a/crates/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,11 +22,8 @@ lemmy_db_views_actor = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 lemmy_api_common = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 activitypub_federation = { workspace = true }
 bcrypt = { workspace = true }
-serde = { workspace = true }
 actix-web = { workspace = true }
 base64 = { workspace = true }
-uuid = { workspace = true }
-async-trait = { workspace = true }
 captcha = { workspace = true }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml b/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
index a01e6008c..26b32c80b 100644
--- a/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api_common/Cargo.toml
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ jsonwebtoken = { version = "8.3.0", optional = true }
 getrandom = { version = "0.2.10", features = ["js"] }
 enum-map = { workspace = true }
 
+[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
+ignored = ["getrandom"]
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 serial_test = { workspace = true }
 reqwest-middleware = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml b/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
index 06e29044b..0799332cf 100644
--- a/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/api_crud/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,11 +16,8 @@ lemmy_db_views_actor = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 lemmy_api_common = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 activitypub_federation = { workspace = true }
 bcrypt = { workspace = true }
-serde = { workspace = true }
 actix-web = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
-async-trait = { workspace = true }
 webmention = "0.5.0"
-chrono = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/db_schema/Cargo.toml b/crates/db_schema/Cargo.toml
index 3370a5594..bf1fc0ef2 100644
--- a/crates/db_schema/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/db_schema/Cargo.toml
@@ -76,3 +76,6 @@ uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["v4"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serial_test = { workspace = true }
+
+[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
+ignored = ["strum"]
diff --git a/crates/db_views_actor/Cargo.toml b/crates/db_views_actor/Cargo.toml
index 93ce0f5b3..fc3573d46 100644
--- a/crates/db_views_actor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/db_views_actor/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,3 +35,6 @@ strum_macros = { workspace = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 serial_test = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
+
+[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
+ignored = ["strum"]
diff --git a/crates/federate/Cargo.toml b/crates/federate/Cargo.toml
index 81ad1da4c..c098f9f5b 100644
--- a/crates/federate/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/federate/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,16 +26,7 @@ diesel-async = { workspace = true, features = ["deadpool", "postgres"] }
 once_cell.workspace = true
 reqwest.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
-serde.workspace = true
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 tracing.workspace = true
-
-async-trait = "0.1.74"
-bytes = "1.5.0"
-enum_delegate = "0.2.0"
 moka = { version = "0.11.3", features = ["future"] }
-openssl = "0.10.57"
-reqwest-middleware = "0.2.4"
-reqwest-tracing = "0.4.6"
 tokio-util = "0.7.9"
-tracing-subscriber = "0.3.17"
diff --git a/crates/routes/Cargo.toml b/crates/routes/Cargo.toml
index fe8dc7488..12ec75c65 100644
--- a/crates/routes/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/routes/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ reqwest = { workspace = true, features = ["stream"] }
 reqwest-middleware = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
-strum = { workspace = true }
 once_cell = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
index 5c9598fc4..1e99660c8 100644
--- a/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ full = ["ts-rs"]
 
 [dependencies]
 regex = { workspace = true }
-chrono = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-error = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ http = { workspace = true }
 doku = { workspace = true, features = ["url-2"] }
 uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 rosetta-i18n = { workspace = true }
-typed-builder = { workspace = true }
 percent-encoding = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 openssl = "0.10.57"