diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index e1c54341a..8c65fdbae 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ keywords = ["tui", "cli", "terminal", "ncurses", "ffi"]
 [dependencies]
 libc = {version = "0.2.80", default-features = false}
 cty = "0.2.1"
-cstr_core = "0.2.2"
-libc-print = "0.1.14"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 bindgen = ">= 0.55.1"
diff --git a/rust/examples/direct-cursor.rs b/rust/examples/direct-cursor.rs
index a859fdcd9..afa1b4900 100644
--- a/rust/examples/direct-cursor.rs
+++ b/rust/examples/direct-cursor.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::thread::sleep;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use cstr_core::CString;
+use std::ffi::CString;
 
 use libnotcurses_sys as nc;
 
diff --git a/rust/examples/direct-image.rs b/rust/examples/direct-image.rs
index 06135a3c4..7d177ade7 100644
--- a/rust/examples/direct-image.rs
+++ b/rust/examples/direct-image.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use cstr_core::CString;
+use std::ffi::CString;
 
 use libnotcurses_sys as nc;
 
diff --git a/rust/examples/full-text.rs b/rust/examples/full-text.rs
index 2e436a7ba..442a489b0 100644
--- a/rust/examples/full-text.rs
+++ b/rust/examples/full-text.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//use cstr_core::CString;
+//use std::ffi::Cstring;
 
 use libnotcurses_sys as nc;
 
diff --git a/rust/src/lib.rs b/rust/src/lib.rs
index 69057554c..a6fc47dc9 100644
--- a/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #![allow(non_upper_case_globals)]
 #![allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 #![allow(non_snake_case)]
-#![no_std]
 #![allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 
 pub mod bindings;
diff --git a/rust/src/notcurses.rs b/rust/src/notcurses.rs
index c4e3a04d5..bc88f8d24 100644
--- a/rust/src/notcurses.rs
+++ b/rust/src/notcurses.rs
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ pub fn notcurses_term_dim_yx(nc: &Notcurses, rows: &mut i32, cols: &mut i32) {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
-    use libc_print::*;
     use serial_test::serial;
 
     use crate::{notcurses_stop, Notcurses};
@@ -244,7 +243,7 @@ mod test {
             notcurses_stop(nc);
             assert![!res.is_null()];
 
-            //libc_print!("[{}] ", res);
+            //print!("[{}] ", res);
         }
     }
 
@@ -274,11 +273,11 @@ mod test {
 
             // as _IO_FILE struct;
             let mut debug0 = *file;
-            libc_println!("{:#?}", debug0);
+            println!("{:#?}", debug0);
 
             // as enum libc::FILE
             let mut debug1 = file as *mut _ as *mut libc::FILE;
-            libc_println!("{:#?}", debug1);
+            println!("{:#?}", debug1);
         }
     }
 
@@ -289,7 +288,7 @@ mod test {
             let nc = Notcurses::new();
             let res = crate::notcurses_canchangecolor(nc);
             notcurses_stop(nc);
-            libc_print!("[{}] ", res);
+            print!("[{}] ", res);
         }
     }
 
@@ -300,7 +299,7 @@ mod test {
             let nc = Notcurses::new();
             let res = crate::notcurses_canfade(nc);
             notcurses_stop(nc);
-            libc_print!("[{}] ", res);
+            print!("[{}] ", res);
         }
     }
 
@@ -311,7 +310,7 @@ mod test {
             let nc = Notcurses::new();
             let res = crate::notcurses_canopen_images(nc);
             notcurses_stop(nc);
-            libc_print!("[{}] ", res);
+            print!("[{}] ", res);
         }
     }
 
@@ -322,7 +321,7 @@ mod test {
             let nc = Notcurses::new();
             let res = crate::notcurses_canopen_videos(nc);
             notcurses_stop(nc);
-            libc_print!("[{}] ", res);
+            print!("[{}] ", res);
         }
     }
 
@@ -333,7 +332,7 @@ mod test {
             let nc = Notcurses::new();
             let res = crate::notcurses_cansixel(nc);
             notcurses_stop(nc);
-            libc_print!("[{}] ", res);
+            print!("[{}] ", res);
         }
     }
 
@@ -344,7 +343,7 @@ mod test {
             let nc = Notcurses::new();
             let res = crate::notcurses_cantruecolor(nc);
             notcurses_stop(nc);
-            libc_print!("[{}] ", res);
+            print!("[{}] ", res);
         }
     }
 
@@ -355,7 +354,7 @@ mod test {
             let nc = Notcurses::new();
             let res = crate::notcurses_canutf8(nc);
             notcurses_stop(nc);
-            libc_print!("[{}] ", res);
+            print!("[{}] ", res);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/rust/src/plane.rs b/rust/src/plane.rs
index 887f40192..2d9f4c995 100644
--- a/rust/src/plane.rs
+++ b/rust/src/plane.rs
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ use core::{
     ffi::c_void,
     ptr::{null, null_mut},
 };
-
-use cstr_core::CString;
+use std::ffi::CString;
 use libc::free;
 
 use crate::{
diff --git a/rust/src/widgets/menu.rs b/rust/src/widgets/menu.rs
index 2fd0db6db..35099b855 100644
--- a/rust/src/widgets/menu.rs
+++ b/rust/src/widgets/menu.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 // ncmenu_selected
 // ncmenu_unroll
 
-use cstr_core::CString;
+use std::ffi::CString;
 
 use crate::{
     ncmenu_create,
diff --git a/rust/tests/notcurses.rs b/rust/tests/notcurses.rs
index 3ed1e232f..b817bced9 100644
--- a/rust/tests/notcurses.rs
+++ b/rust/tests/notcurses.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use core::ptr::{null, null_mut};
-use cstr_core::{CStr, CString};
+use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
 
-use libc_print::*;
 use serial_test::serial; // serialize tests w/ nc::notcurses_init()
 
 use libnotcurses_sys as nc;
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ fn get_notcurses_version() {
         CStr::from_ptr(s)
     };
     let r_str = c_str.to_str().unwrap();
-    libc_println!("rust-bound notcurses v{}", r_str);
+    println!("rust-bound notcurses v{}", r_str);
 }
 
 #[test]