diff --git a/packages/desktop/Cargo.lock b/packages/desktop/Cargo.lock
index d6f7ad0d..b5ee0e83 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/Cargo.lock
+++ b/packages/desktop/Cargo.lock
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ version = "1.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f2032f911046de80f0a198e0901378627c33f59ea0ac00e363d481118bd70a53"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "base64"
-version = "0.22.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
 version = "0.23.1"
@@ -161,9 +155,9 @@ checksum = "4e7648175b45a9a48536d676f68d918270699102aa8dab5496df06904c914600"
 name = "codeman-desktop"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.22.1",
+ "base64",
  "block2",
- "dirs 6.0.0",
+ "dirs",
  "libc",
  "muda",
  "objc2",
@@ -353,15 +347,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "crypto-common",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dirs"
-version = "6.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c3e8aa94d75141228480295a7d0e7feb620b1a5ad9f12bc40be62411e38cce4e"
-dependencies = [
- "dirs-sys",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "dirs"
 version = "7.0.0"
@@ -2460,7 +2445,7 @@ version = "3.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cde93ff05758a36a851a398a772b0b79a82fbe3c186a46f2696baaeaf84c966b"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.23.1",
+ "base64",
  "flate2",
  "log",
  "percent-encoding",
@@ -2478,7 +2463,7 @@ version = "0.6.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "841583fc36089d7d59419568ae157f43a5a03a2e5a81ba87c77d1596ef46e922"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.23.1",
+ "base64",
  "http",
  "httparse",
  "log",
@@ -2981,11 +2966,11 @@ version = "0.57.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "759c50ddad0ef9913bb5496cb9d509a50433a3b78cb0238d61105526589cf0e9"
 dependencies = [
- "base64 0.23.1",
+ "base64",
  "block2",
  "cookie",
  "crossbeam-channel",
- "dirs 7.0.0",
+ "dirs",
  "dom_query",
  "dpi",
  "dunce",
diff --git a/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml b/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
index 8790f795..39708944 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/desktop/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ muda = "0.21"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 url = "2"
-base64 = "0.22"
-dirs = "6"
+# The versions ureq and wry already pull in, so neither crate is built twice
+# (ureq builds base64 without its default SIMD engines, and so do we).
+base64 = { version = "0.23", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+dirs = "7"
 # The reachability probe. platform-verifier = the OS trust store, the same one
 # WKWebView uses, so the probe and the window agree on which certificates pass.
 ureq = { version = "3", features = ["platform-verifier"] }