diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3c756e43..6134a9a2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ tokio-core = "0.1.3"
 url = "1.2.4"
 
 [dependencies.hyper]
-branch = "tokio"
 git = "https://github.com/hyperium/hyper"
 
 [dependencies.ruma-client-api]