diff --git a/axum-core/Cargo.toml b/axum-core/Cargo.toml
index 2d4d07598d..afb2fbf07d 100644
--- a/axum-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/axum-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ allowed = [
     "http_body",
 ]
 
+[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
+ignored = ["tower-http"] # See __private_docs feature
+
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
 rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
diff --git a/examples/chat/Cargo.toml b/examples/chat/Cargo.toml
index 90d88246fa..2beb99cf85 100644
--- a/examples/chat/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/chat/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,5 @@ publish = false
 axum = { path = "../../axum", features = ["ws"] }
 futures = "0.3"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/compression/Cargo.toml b/examples/compression/Cargo.toml
index d5fdcf8e7a..f6aa4427f0 100644
--- a/examples/compression/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/compression/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
-axum-extra = { path = "../../axum-extra", features = ["typed-header"] }
 serde_json = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tower = "0.4"
diff --git a/examples/consume-body-in-extractor-or-middleware/Cargo.toml b/examples/consume-body-in-extractor-or-middleware/Cargo.toml
index 9aeb864d61..6688588582 100644
--- a/examples/consume-body-in-extractor-or-middleware/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/consume-body-in-extractor-or-middleware/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 http-body-util = "0.1.0"
-hyper = "1.0.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower = "0.4"
-tower-http = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["map-request-body", "util"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/customize-path-rejection/Cargo.toml b/examples/customize-path-rejection/Cargo.toml
index 8f5b1e4487..c1c4884d43 100644
--- a/examples/customize-path-rejection/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/customize-path-rejection/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/diesel-async-postgres/Cargo.toml b/examples/diesel-async-postgres/Cargo.toml
index d86db1516d..a79a252175 100644
--- a/examples/diesel-async-postgres/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/diesel-async-postgres/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ bb8 = "0.8"
 diesel = "2"
 diesel-async = { version = "0.3", features = ["postgres", "bb8"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/diesel-postgres/Cargo.toml b/examples/diesel-postgres/Cargo.toml
index ff42a0db68..e756652216 100644
--- a/examples/diesel-postgres/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/diesel-postgres/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ deadpool-diesel = { version = "0.4.1", features = ["postgres"] }
 diesel = { version = "2", features = ["postgres"] }
 diesel_migrations = "2"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/global-404-handler/Cargo.toml b/examples/global-404-handler/Cargo.toml
index 9848d9e830..a453cab57b 100644
--- a/examples/global-404-handler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/global-404-handler/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/graceful-shutdown/Cargo.toml b/examples/graceful-shutdown/Cargo.toml
index 86dfd52763..69688ac90c 100644
--- a/examples/graceful-shutdown/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/graceful-shutdown/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum", features = ["tracing"] }
-hyper = { version = "1.0", features = [] }
-hyper-util = { version = "0.1", features = ["tokio", "server-auto", "http1"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.5", features = ["timeout", "trace"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/key-value-store/Cargo.toml b/examples/key-value-store/Cargo.toml
index c23b28d268..60277feed5 100644
--- a/examples/key-value-store/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/key-value-store/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ tower-http = { version = "0.5.0", features = [
     "limit",
     "trace",
 ] }
-tower-layer = "0.3.2"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/low-level-rustls/Cargo.toml b/examples/low-level-rustls/Cargo.toml
index 3975fcb917..1eaf04b3f7 100644
--- a/examples/low-level-rustls/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/low-level-rustls/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ hyper-util = { version = "0.1" }
 rustls-pemfile = "1.0.4"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-rustls = "0.24.1"
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["make"] }
 tower-service = "0.3.2"
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/print-request-response/Cargo.toml b/examples/print-request-response/Cargo.toml
index a314b5b7fe..d6e064bb63 100644
--- a/examples/print-request-response/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/print-request-response/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 http-body-util = "0.1.0"
-hyper = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util", "filter"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/query-params-with-empty-strings/Cargo.toml b/examples/query-params-with-empty-strings/Cargo.toml
index 7a52e98d1e..8cc8f1f500 100644
--- a/examples/query-params-with-empty-strings/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/query-params-with-empty-strings/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 http-body-util = "0.1.0"
-hyper = "1.0.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
diff --git a/examples/readme/Cargo.toml b/examples/readme/Cargo.toml
index 4a79c9bb88..17669567da 100644
--- a/examples/readme/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/readme/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
-serde_json = "1.0.68"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/rest-grpc-multiplex/Cargo.toml b/examples/rest-grpc-multiplex/Cargo.toml
index 11a6a3a2b4..e12f8e49e8 100644
--- a/examples/rest-grpc-multiplex/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/rest-grpc-multiplex/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ publish = false
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 futures = "0.3"
 hyper = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
-prost = "0.11"
-tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
-tonic = { version = "0.9" }
-tonic-reflection = "0.9"
+#prost = "0.11"
+#tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
+#tonic = { version = "0.9" }
+#tonic-reflection = "0.9"
 tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["full"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
-tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
+#tracing = "0.1"
+#tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 tonic-build = { version = "0.9", features = ["prost"] }
diff --git a/examples/simple-router-wasm/Cargo.toml b/examples/simple-router-wasm/Cargo.toml
index c3041e4a58..d250cc2387 100644
--- a/examples/simple-router-wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/simple-router-wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ axum-extra = { path = "../../axum-extra", default-features = false }
 futures-executor = "0.3.21"
 http = "1.0.0"
 tower-service = "0.3.1"
+
+[package.metadata.cargo-machete]
+ignored = ["axum-extra"]
diff --git a/examples/static-file-server/Cargo.toml b/examples/static-file-server/Cargo.toml
index 3f41d60816..26143acf0a 100644
--- a/examples/static-file-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/static-file-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
-axum-extra = { path = "../../axum-extra" }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["fs", "trace"] }
diff --git a/examples/testing-websockets/Cargo.toml b/examples/testing-websockets/Cargo.toml
index afe7b1846f..0a64468ea5 100644
--- a/examples/testing-websockets/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/testing-websockets/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum", features = ["ws"] }
 futures = "0.3"
-hyper = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-tungstenite = "0.23"
diff --git a/examples/testing/Cargo.toml b/examples/testing/Cargo.toml
index 00e8132f73..946d923c51 100644
--- a/examples/testing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/testing/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 http-body-util = "0.1.0"
-hyper = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1", features = ["client", "http1", "client-legacy"] }
 mime = "0.3"
 serde_json = "1.0"
diff --git a/examples/tls-graceful-shutdown/Cargo.toml b/examples/tls-graceful-shutdown/Cargo.toml
index 40e489030a..18338d38b0 100644
--- a/examples/tls-graceful-shutdown/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/tls-graceful-shutdown/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ publish = false
 [dependencies]
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
 axum-server = { version = "0.6", features = ["tls-rustls"] }
-hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["full"] }
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/unix-domain-socket/Cargo.toml b/examples/unix-domain-socket/Cargo.toml
index 7f157c7dcb..856080eec4 100644
--- a/examples/unix-domain-socket/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/unix-domain-socket/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,5 +11,4 @@ hyper = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["full"] }
 hyper-util = { version = "0.1", features = ["tokio", "server-auto", "http1"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
-tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/examples/validator/Cargo.toml b/examples/validator/Cargo.toml
index a1adc075a8..70216badc5 100644
--- a/examples/validator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/validator/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = "0.1.67"
 axum = { path = "../../axum" }
-http-body = "1.0.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0.29"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/examples/websockets/Cargo.toml b/examples/websockets/Cargo.toml
index 842a09a377..edcc45e251 100644
--- a/examples/websockets/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/websockets/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["sink",
 headers = "0.4"
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 tokio-tungstenite = "0.23"
-tower = { version = "0.4", features = ["util"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["fs", "trace"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }