diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5c3b03c40..f701431cd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "as-slice",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "alloc-traits"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6b2d54853319fd101b8dd81de382bcbf3e03410a64d8928bbee85a3e7dcde483"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "anyhow"
 version = "1.0.93"
@@ -799,7 +793,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "embedded-nal-coap",
  "heapless 0.8.0",
  "scroll-ring",
- "static-alloc",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4219,16 +4212,6 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a8f112729512f8e442d81f95a8a7ddf2b7c6b8a1a6f509a95864142b30cab2d3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "static-alloc"
-version = "0.2.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8b2975e035ce16539eecee08d7c6e5626ca26f299c6e90af343b302c6dd2e61e"
-dependencies = [
- "alloc-traits",
- "atomic-polyfill",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "static_assertions"
 version = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/tests/coap/Cargo.toml b/tests/coap/Cargo.toml
index 50c94ddeb..4882580b1 100644
--- a/tests/coap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/coap/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ coap-request-implementations = "0.1.0-alpha.4"
 coap-handler = "0.2.0"
 coap-handler-implementations = "0.5.0"
 
-static-alloc = { version = "0.2.5", features = ["polyfill"] }
 coap-scroll-ring-server = "0.2.0"
 scroll-ring = "0.1.1"
 
diff --git a/tests/coap/src/main.rs b/tests/coap/src/main.rs
index 60d5789f2..f67239f2f 100644
--- a/tests/coap/src/main.rs
+++ b/tests/coap/src/main.rs
@@ -3,13 +3,6 @@
 #![feature(impl_trait_in_assoc_type)]
 #![feature(used_with_arg)]
 
-// because coapcore depends on it temporarily
-extern crate alloc;
-use static_alloc::Bump;
-
-#[global_allocator]
-static A: Bump<[u8; 1 << 16]> = Bump::uninit();
-
 #[ariel_os::task(autostart)]
 async fn coap_run() {
     use coap_handler_implementations::HandlerBuilder;