diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 28bbae5c40..5f4baeba46 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -482,16 +482,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "crossbeam-channel"
-version = "0.5.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a33c2bf77f2df06183c3aa30d1e96c0695a313d4f9c453cc3762a6db39f99200"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "crossbeam-utils",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-utils"
 version = "0.8.16"
@@ -1070,7 +1060,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "chrono-tz",
  "clap",
- "crossbeam-channel",
  "dirs",
  "env_logger",
  "futures",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 15d0f6bda4..1e45b4d65d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ calibright = { version = "0.1", features = ["watch"] }
 chrono = { version = "0.4", default-features = false, features = ["clock", "unstable-locales"] }
 chrono-tz = { version = "0.8", features = ["serde"] }
 clap = { version = "4.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "derive", "help", "usage"] }
-crossbeam-channel = "0.5"
 dirs = "5.0"
 env_logger = "0.10"
 futures = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
diff --git a/src/blocks/sound/pulseaudio.rs b/src/blocks/sound/pulseaudio.rs
index 1cd2326813..9a9d1f8a0f 100644
--- a/src/blocks/sound/pulseaudio.rs
+++ b/src/blocks/sound/pulseaudio.rs
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ use libpulse_binding::mainloop::standard::{IterateResult, Mainloop};
 use libpulse_binding::proplist::{properties, Proplist};
 use libpulse_binding::volume::{ChannelVolumes, Volume};
 
-use crossbeam_channel::{unbounded, Sender};
-
 use std::cmp::{max, min};
 use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
 use std::io;
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ struct Connection {
 }
 
 struct Client {
-    send_req: Sender<ClientRequest>,
+    send_req: std::sync::mpsc::Sender<ClientRequest>,
     ml_waker: MainloopWaker,
 }
 
@@ -198,7 +196,7 @@ impl Connection {
 
 impl Client {
     fn new() -> Result<Client> {
-        let (send_req, recv_req) = unbounded();
+        let (send_req, recv_req) = std::sync::mpsc::channel();
         let ml_waker = MainloopWaker::new().unwrap();
 
         Connection::spawn("sound_pulseaudio", move |mut connection| {
@@ -238,11 +236,11 @@ impl Client {
                 }
 
                 loop {
+                    use std::sync::mpsc::TryRecvError;
                     let req = match recv_req.try_recv() {
                         Ok(x) => x,
-                        Err(e) if e.is_empty() => break,
-                        Err(e) if e.is_disconnected() => return false,
-                        Err(_) => unreachable!(),
+                        Err(TryRecvError::Empty) => break,
+                        Err(TryRecvError::Disconnected) => return false,
                     };
 
                     use ClientRequest::*;