diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 976a29cb..1c948d5c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3948,7 +3948,6 @@ version = "0.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
- "bstr",
  "clap",
  "ctrlc",
  "derive_more",
diff --git a/crates/vite_task/Cargo.toml b/crates/vite_task/Cargo.toml
index 647f2d84..7ba8f2ff 100644
--- a/crates/vite_task/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/vite_task/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ workspace = true
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 async-trait = { workspace = true }
 wincode = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
-bstr = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 ctrlc = { workspace = true }
 derive_more = { workspace = true, features = ["from"] }
diff --git a/crates/vite_task/src/lib.rs b/crates/vite_task/src/lib.rs
index a20687c3..c1659756 100644
--- a/crates/vite_task/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/vite_task/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 mod cli;
 mod collections;
-mod maybe_str;
 pub mod session;
 
 // Public exports for vite_task_bin
diff --git a/crates/vite_task/src/maybe_str.rs b/crates/vite_task/src/maybe_str.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 404abf1b..00000000
--- a/crates/vite_task/src/maybe_str.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-use std::{
-    fmt::Debug,
-    ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
-};
-
-use bstr::BStr;
-use serde::Serialize;
-use wincode::{SchemaRead, SchemaWrite};
-
-/// Similar to `bstr::BString`, but also implements `wincode::{SchemaWrite, SchemaRead}`,
-/// and serializes losslessly to utf8 for outputting debug json
-
-#[derive(SchemaWrite, SchemaRead)]
-#[expect(dead_code, reason = "struct fields accessed via Deref<Target = Vec<u8>>")]
-pub struct MaybeString(Vec<u8>);
-
-impl From<Vec<u8>> for MaybeString {
-    fn from(value: Vec<u8>) -> Self {
-        Self(value)
-    }
-}
-
-impl Deref for MaybeString {
-    type Target = Vec<u8>;
-
-    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
-        &self.0
-    }
-}
-impl DerefMut for MaybeString {
-    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Self::Target {
-        &mut self.0
-    }
-}
-
-impl Debug for MaybeString {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
-        Debug::fmt(BStr::new(&self.0), f)
-    }
-}
-
-impl Serialize for MaybeString {
-    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
-    where
-        S: serde::Serializer,
-    {
-        serializer.collect_str(&bstr::ByteSlice::escape_bytes(self.0.as_slice()))
-    }
-}