diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5de53b06c9..28d85d25a7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,12 +15,8 @@ default = ["std"]
 
 std = []
 
-# Enables functionality to actually read the filesystem, which is only done in
-# the kernel. (Writing to the filesystem is done in utils, and that crate only
-# needs the type definitions).
-kernel = []
-
 [dev-dependencies]
+# FIXME remove loggers
 log = "0.4"
 env_logger = "0.8"
 anyhow = "1"