diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 62ce792..3c4a564 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -699,20 +699,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.119",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dashmap"
-version = "6.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6361d5c062261c78a176addb82d4c821ae42bed6089de0e12603cd25de2059c"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "crossbeam-utils",
- "hashbrown 0.14.5",
- "lock_api",
- "once_cell",
- "parking_lot_core",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dbus"
 version = "0.9.12"
@@ -856,7 +842,6 @@ name = "diskern-core"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "blake3",
- "dashmap",
  "globset",
  "jwalk",
  "petgraph",
@@ -1526,12 +1511,6 @@ version = "0.12.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8a9ee70c43aaf417c914396645a0fa852624801b24ebb7ae78fe8272889ac888"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.14.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e5274423e17b7c9fc20b6e7e208532f9b19825d82dfd615708b70edd83df41f1"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.15.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bc770b6..93ff7ae 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ rayon = "1"
 
 # Core data structures
 petgraph = "0.8"
-dashmap = "6"
 
 # Path matching for the rules database
 globset = "0.4"
diff --git a/crates/diskern-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/diskern-core/Cargo.toml
index 80d0779..f9d6697 100644
--- a/crates/diskern-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/diskern-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ blake3.workspace = true
 jwalk.workspace = true
 rayon.workspace = true
 petgraph.workspace = true
-dashmap.workspace = true
 globset.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]