diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/.gitlab-ci.yml b/rust-bindings/rust/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dbc27fd5..b3d081dd 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ check:
 build_all-features:
   stage: build
   script:
-  - cargo clippy --all --features latest,futures -- -D warnings
-  - cargo test --verbose --all --features latest,futures
+  - cargo clippy --all --features latest -- -D warnings
+  - cargo test --verbose --all --features latest
 
 build_default-features:
   stage: build
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ docs:
   script:
   - make merge-lgpl-docs
   - cargo rustdoc --verbose --package ostree-sys --features dox -- ${RUSTDOC_OPTS}
-  - cargo rustdoc --verbose --package ostree --features dox,futures -- ${RUSTDOC_OPTS}
+  - cargo rustdoc --verbose --package ostree --features dox -- ${RUSTDOC_OPTS}
   artifacts:
     paths:
     - target/doc
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust-bindings/rust/Cargo.toml
index af08d396..c5706327 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ exclude = [
 ]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
-features = ["dox", "futures"]
+features = ["dox"]
 
 [badges.gitlab]
 repository = "fkrull/ostree-rs"
@@ -29,13 +29,11 @@ repository = "fkrull/ostree-rs"
 name = "ostree"
 
 [workspace]
-members = ["sys"]
+members = [".", "sys"]
 
 [dependencies]
 libc = "0.2"
 bitflags = "1"
-fragile = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true }
-futures-preview = { version = "0.3.0-alpha", optional = true }
 lazy_static = "1.1"
 glib = "0.9.0"
 gio = "0.8.0"
@@ -51,7 +49,6 @@ tempfile = "3"
 
 [features]
 dox = ["ostree-sys/dox"]
-futures = ["futures-preview", "fragile", "gio/futures", "glib/futures"]
 v2014_9 = ["ostree-sys/v2014_9"]
 v2015_7 = ["v2014_9", "ostree-sys/v2015_7"]
 v2016_4 = ["v2015_7", "ostree-sys/v2016_4"]
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/src/lib.rs b/rust-bindings/rust/src/lib.rs
index f35ff5c6..0e29c88d 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@ extern crate libc;
 extern crate bitflags;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate lazy_static;
-#[cfg(feature = "futures")]
-extern crate fragile;
-#[cfg(feature = "futures")]
-extern crate futures;
-
-use glib::Error;
 
 // code generated by gir
 #[rustfmt::skip]
@@ -35,26 +29,33 @@ pub use crate::auto::*;
 
 // handwritten code
 mod checksum;
+pub use crate::checksum::*;
+
 #[cfg(any(feature = "v2018_6", feature = "dox"))]
 mod collection_ref;
-mod functions;
-#[cfg(any(feature = "v2019_3", feature = "dox"))]
-mod kernel_args;
-mod object_name;
-mod repo;
-#[cfg(any(feature = "v2018_2", feature = "dox"))]
-mod repo_checkout_at_options;
-mod se_policy;
-pub use crate::checksum::*;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "v2018_6", feature = "dox"))]
 pub use crate::collection_ref::*;
+
+mod functions;
 pub use crate::functions::*;
+
+#[cfg(any(feature = "v2019_3", feature = "dox"))]
+mod kernel_args;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "v2019_3", feature = "dox"))]
 pub use crate::kernel_args::*;
+
+mod object_name;
 pub use crate::object_name::*;
+
+mod repo;
 pub use crate::repo::*;
+
+#[cfg(any(feature = "v2018_2", feature = "dox"))]
+mod repo_checkout_at_options;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "v2018_2", feature = "dox"))]
 pub use crate::repo_checkout_at_options::*;
+
+mod se_policy;
 pub use crate::se_policy::*;
 
 // tests
diff --git a/rust-bindings/rust/src/repo.rs b/rust-bindings/rust/src/repo.rs
index 3098ce2d..da255f56 100644
--- a/rust-bindings/rust/src/repo.rs
+++ b/rust-bindings/rust/src/repo.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #[cfg(any(feature = "v2016_4", feature = "dox"))]
 use crate::RepoListRefsExtFlags;
 use crate::{Checksum, ObjectName, ObjectType, Repo};
-#[cfg(feature = "futures")]
-use futures::future;
 use gio;
 use gio_sys;
 use glib;
@@ -11,8 +9,6 @@ use glib::Error;
 use glib::IsA;
 use glib_sys;
 use ostree_sys;
-#[cfg(feature = "futures")]
-use std::boxed::Box as Box_;
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::{mem::MaybeUninit, ptr};
@@ -225,7 +221,6 @@ impl Repo {
         }
     }
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "futures")]
     pub fn write_content_async_future<P: IsA<gio::InputStream> + Clone + 'static>(
         &self,
         expected_checksum: Option<&str>,
@@ -306,7 +301,6 @@ impl Repo {
         }
     }
 
-    #[cfg(feature = "futures")]
     pub fn write_metadata_async_future(
         &self,
         objtype: ObjectType,