diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ae19f86..9349417 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -245,7 +245,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "statistical",
  "tempfile",
- "version_check",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
@@ -776,12 +775,6 @@ version = "0.8.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f1bddf1187be692e79c5ffeab891132dfb0f236ed36a43c7ed39f1165ee20191"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "version_check"
-version = "0.9.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5fecdca9a5291cc2b8dcf7dc02453fee791a280f3743cb0905f8822ae463b3fe"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wait-timeout"
 version = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a4da83f..7e1f44a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ tempfile = "3.2.0"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 clap = "2"
-version_check = "0.9"
 atty = "0.2"
 
 [profile.release]
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index ebd143f..c322532 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -5,17 +5,6 @@ use clap::Shell;
 include!("src/app.rs");
 
 fn main() {
-    let min_version = "1.39";
-
-    match version_check::is_min_version(min_version) {
-        Some(true) => {}
-        // rustc version too small or can't figure it out
-        _ => {
-            eprintln!("'hyperfine' requires rustc >= {}", min_version);
-            std::process::exit(1);
-        }
-    }
-
     let var = std::env::var_os("SHELL_COMPLETIONS_DIR").or_else(|| std::env::var_os("OUT_DIR"));
     let outdir = match var {
         None => return,