diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 776a8f26..d030b794 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2136,7 +2136,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "image",
  "log",
- "shaderc",
  "wgpu",
  "winit",
 ]
@@ -2223,7 +2222,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "image",
  "log",
- "shaderc",
  "wgpu",
  "winit",
 ]
diff --git a/code/beginner/tutorial1-window/Cargo.toml b/code/beginner/tutorial1-window/Cargo.toml
index e10d42f0..74043d29 100644
--- a/code/beginner/tutorial1-window/Cargo.toml
+++ b/code/beginner/tutorial1-window/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 [dependencies]
 image = "0.23"
 winit = "0.24"
-shaderc = "0.7"
 cgmath = "0.18"
 env_logger = "0.8"
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/code/beginner/tutorial2-swapchain/Cargo.toml b/code/beginner/tutorial2-swapchain/Cargo.toml
index 2cf6aec1..3dbbf9d9 100644
--- a/code/beginner/tutorial2-swapchain/Cargo.toml
+++ b/code/beginner/tutorial2-swapchain/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 image = "0.23"
 winit = "0.24"
-shaderc = "0.7"
 cgmath = "0.18"
 env_logger = "0.8"
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/docs/beginner/tutorial1-window/README.md b/docs/beginner/tutorial1-window/README.md
index e6401c01..a18ae85d 100644
--- a/docs/beginner/tutorial1-window/README.md
+++ b/docs/beginner/tutorial1-window/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ For the beginner stuff, we're going to keep things very simple, we'll add things
 [dependencies]
 image = "0.23"
 winit = "0.24"
-shaderc = "0.7"
 cgmath = "0.18"
 env_logger = "0.8"
 log = "0.4"
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ To enable the Vulkan backend, add this new section to `Cargo.toml`, and do not f
 
 ``` toml
 [dependencies.wgpu]
-version = "0.7"
+version = "0.8"
 features = ["vulkan-portability"]
 ```