diff --git a/examples/message_log/Cargo.toml b/examples/message_log/Cargo.toml
index 09d284ae..876d9f8f 100644
--- a/examples/message_log/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/message_log/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
-ruma = { version = "0.7.4", path = "../../crates/ruma", features = ["client-api-c", "client-ext-client-api", "client-hyper-native-tls"] }
-
 anyhow = "1.0.37"
-assign = "1.1.1"
+ruma = { version = "0.7.4", path = "../../crates/ruma", features = ["client-api-c", "client-ext-client-api", "client-hyper-native-tls"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0.1", features = ["macros", "rt"] }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1.1", default-features = false }
diff --git a/examples/message_log/src/main.rs b/examples/message_log/src/main.rs
index 08a2d8b9..c72599dc 100644
--- a/examples/message_log/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/message_log/src/main.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use std::{env, process::exit, time::Duration};
 
-use assign::assign;
 use ruma::{
     api::client::{filter::FilterDefinition, sync::sync_events},
+    assign,
     events::{
         room::message::{MessageType, RoomMessageEventContent, TextMessageEventContent},
         AnySyncMessageLikeEvent, AnySyncTimelineEvent, OriginalSyncMessageLikeEvent,