diff --git a/rinja/Cargo.toml b/rinja/Cargo.toml
index ff13fff1..deca4e7c 100644
--- a/rinja/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rinja/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ with-warp = ["rinja_derive/with-warp"]
 rinja_derive = { version = "0.2.0", path = "../rinja_derive" }
 
 itoa = "1.0.11"
-ryu = "1.0.18"
 
 humansize = { version = "2", optional = true }
 num-traits = { version = "0.2.6", optional = true }
diff --git a/rinja/src/filters/escape.rs b/rinja/src/filters/escape.rs
index eb537274..cb759030 100644
--- a/rinja/src/filters/escape.rs
+++ b/rinja/src/filters/escape.rs
@@ -549,19 +549,6 @@ const _: () = {
         NonZeroI8 NonZeroI16 NonZeroI32 NonZeroI64 NonZeroI128 NonZeroIsize
     );
 
-    macro_rules! specialize_float {
-        ($($ty:ty)*) => { $(
-            impl FastWritable for $ty {
-                #[inline]
-                fn write_into<W: fmt::Write + ?Sized>(&self, dest: &mut W) -> fmt::Result {
-                    dest.write_str(ryu::Buffer::new().format(*self))
-                }
-            }
-        )* };
-    }
-
-    specialize_float!(f32 f64);
-
     impl FastWritable for str {
         #[inline]
         fn write_into<W: fmt::Write + ?Sized>(&self, dest: &mut W) -> fmt::Result {
diff --git a/testing/tests/simple.rs b/testing/tests/simple.rs
index 4b73edf7..e4b22fc9 100644
--- a/testing/tests/simple.rs
+++ b/testing/tests/simple.rs
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ fn test_num_literals() {
     let template = NumLiterals;
     assert_eq!(
         template.render().unwrap(),
-        "[90, -90, 90, 2, 56, 240, 10.5, 10.5, 100000000000.0, 105000000000.0]\n1\n12",
+        "[90, -90, 90, 2, 56, 240, 10.5, 10.5, 100000000000, 105000000000]\n1\n12",
     );
 }