diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5fabfadc3..758f2f8e3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.0.0-RC3
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.0.0-RC3
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.0.0-RC3
-	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210405180319-a5a99cb37ef4
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20210220032951-036812b2e83c
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210805201207-89edb61ffb67
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.39.1