diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 19aa9d4..f167308 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -73,26 +73,6 @@ version = "1.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ace50bade8e6234aa140d9a2f552bbee1db4d353f69b8217bc503490fc1a9f26"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "bindgen"
-version = "0.70.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f49d8fed880d473ea71efb9bf597651e77201bdd4893efe54c9e5d65ae04ce6f"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "cexpr",
- "clang-sys",
- "itertools",
- "log",
- "prettyplease",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "regex",
- "rustc-hash",
- "shlex",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.9.0"
@@ -139,15 +119,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "toml",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cexpr"
-version = "0.6.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6fac387a98bb7c37292057cffc56d62ecb629900026402633ae9160df93a8766"
-dependencies = [
- "nom",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "cfg-if"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -181,17 +152,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "half",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "clang-sys"
-version = "1.8.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0b023947811758c97c59bf9d1c188fd619ad4718dcaa767947df1cadb14f39f4"
-dependencies = [
- "glob",
- "libc",
- "libloading",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.5.37"
@@ -244,7 +204,6 @@ checksum = "19d374276b40fb8bbdee95aef7c7fa6b5316ec764510eb64b8dd0e2ed0d7e7f5"
 name = "crc-fast"
 version = "1.3.0"
 dependencies = [
- "bindgen",
  "cbindgen",
  "crc",
  "criterion",
@@ -391,12 +350,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasi",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "glob"
-version = "0.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a8d1add55171497b4705a648c6b583acafb01d58050a51727785f0b2c8e0a2b2"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "half"
 version = "2.6.0"
@@ -483,16 +436,6 @@ version = "0.2.172"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d750af042f7ef4f724306de029d18836c26c1765a54a6a3f094cbd23a7267ffa"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libloading"
-version = "0.8.8"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "07033963ba89ebaf1584d767badaa2e8fcec21aedea6b8c0346d487d49c28667"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "windows-targets",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
 version = "0.9.4"
@@ -511,22 +454,6 @@ version = "2.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "minimal-lexical"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "68354c5c6bd36d73ff3feceb05efa59b6acb7626617f4962be322a825e61f79a"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "nom"
-version = "7.1.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d273983c5a657a70a3e8f2a01329822f3b8c8172b73826411a55751e404a0a4a"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
- "minimal-lexical",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.19"
@@ -585,16 +512,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zerocopy",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "prettyplease"
-version = "0.2.33"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9dee91521343f4c5c6a63edd65e54f31f5c92fe8978c40a4282f8372194c6a7d"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.95"
@@ -697,12 +614,6 @@ version = "0.8.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustc-hash"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -778,12 +689,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "shlex"
-version = "1.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0fda2ff0d084019ba4d7c6f371c95d8fd75ce3524c3cb8fb653a3023f6323e64"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "strsim"
 version = "0.11.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d278b5d..be26845 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ regex = "1.11.1"
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.5"
 cbindgen = "0.28"
-bindgen = "0.70" # 0.70 is the last version that supports Rust 1.81 due to 'unsafe extern' blocks
 
 # lto=true has a big improvement in performance
 [profile.release]