diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4f85eb65e6..cd6f144a9e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2604,25 +2604,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "nym-http-api-client",
  "nym-validator-client",
- "reqwest 0.11.27",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types"
-version = "0.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
-dependencies = [
- "foreign-types-shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types-shared"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -3476,19 +3460,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-io-timeout",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hyper-tls"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d6183ddfa99b85da61a140bea0efc93fdf56ceaa041b37d553518030827f9905"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "hyper 0.14.29",
- "native-tls",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-util"
 version = "0.1.10"
@@ -4522,23 +4493,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "native-tls"
-version = "0.2.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a8614eb2c83d59d1c8cc974dd3f920198647674a0a035e1af1fa58707e317466"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "log",
- "openssl",
- "openssl-probe",
- "openssl-sys",
- "schannel",
- "security-framework",
- "security-framework-sys",
- "tempfile",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "netlink-packet-core"
 version = "0.7.0"
@@ -7341,32 +7295,6 @@ version = "0.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c08d65885ee38876c4f86fa503fb49d7b507c2b62552df7c70b2fce627e06381"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl"
-version = "0.10.64"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "95a0481286a310808298130d22dd1fef0fa571e05a8f44ec801801e84b216b1f"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.5.0",
- "cfg-if",
- "foreign-types",
- "libc",
- "once_cell",
- "openssl-macros",
- "openssl-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-macros"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.90",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-probe"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -8372,12 +8300,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body 0.4.6",
  "hyper 0.14.29",
  "hyper-rustls 0.24.2",
- "hyper-tls",
  "ipnet",
  "js-sys",
  "log",
  "mime",
- "native-tls",
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -8390,7 +8316,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "sync_wrapper 0.1.2",
  "system-configuration",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
  "tokio-rustls 0.24.1",
  "tower-service",
  "url",
@@ -10421,16 +10346,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.90",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-native-tls"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bbae76ab933c85776efabc971569dd6119c580d8f5d448769dec1764bf796ef2"
-dependencies = [
- "native-tls",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-postgres"
 version = "0.7.13"
diff --git a/foomp/Cargo.toml b/foomp/Cargo.toml
index 26e223dbdc..b854fb3726 100644
--- a/foomp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/foomp/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ readme.workspace = true
 [dependencies]
 tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
 anyhow.workspace = true
-reqwest = "*"
 nym-http-api-client = { path = "../common/http-api-client" }
 nym-validator-client = { path = "../common/client-libs/validator-client", features = ["http-client"] }