diff --git a/bee-api/bee-rest-api/Cargo.toml b/bee-api/bee-rest-api/Cargo.toml
index 73c49fff27..add7542a2e 100644
--- a/bee-api/bee-rest-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-api/bee-rest-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-rest-api"
 version = "0.1.3"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "The default REST API implementation for the IOTA Bee node software."
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-api/bee-rest-api/src/types/dtos.rs b/bee-api/bee-rest-api/src/types/dtos.rs
index 8d1b641428..7e494e4392 100644
--- a/bee-api/bee-rest-api/src/types/dtos.rs
+++ b/bee-api/bee-rest-api/src/types/dtos.rs
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ use bee_protocol::types::peer::Peer;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize, Serializer};
 use serde_json::Value;
 
-use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
-
 /// The message object that nodes gossip around in the network.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct MessageDto {
diff --git a/bee-common/bee-common-derive/Cargo.toml b/bee-common/bee-common-derive/Cargo.toml
index dd9f3ddf26..2e015e28ac 100644
--- a/bee-common/bee-common-derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-common/bee-common-derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-common-derive"
 version = "0.1.1-alpha"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "Derive macros for the bee-common crate"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-common/bee-common/Cargo.toml b/bee-common/bee-common/Cargo.toml
index 6c6f3f134b..eeba3f0a7f 100644
--- a/bee-common/bee-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-common/bee-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-common"
 version = "0.5.0"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "Common utilities used across the bee framework"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-crypto/Cargo.toml b/bee-crypto/Cargo.toml
index 62da6c805f..090cfd78f6 100644
--- a/bee-crypto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-crypto/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-crypto"
 version = "0.2.1-alpha"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "Cryptographic primitives of the IOTA protocol"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-crypto/src/ternary/bigint/i384/mod.rs b/bee-crypto/src/ternary/bigint/i384/mod.rs
index 9693f93a25..91975d141c 100644
--- a/bee-crypto/src/ternary/bigint/i384/mod.rs
+++ b/bee-crypto/src/ternary/bigint/i384/mod.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ use byteorder::{self, ByteOrder};
 
 use std::{
     cmp::Ordering,
-    convert::{TryFrom, TryInto},
     fmt,
     marker::PhantomData,
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
diff --git a/bee-crypto/src/ternary/bigint/t242/mod.rs b/bee-crypto/src/ternary/bigint/t242/mod.rs
index 15c901f9a3..1c854631ab 100644
--- a/bee-crypto/src/ternary/bigint/t242/mod.rs
+++ b/bee-crypto/src/ternary/bigint/t242/mod.rs
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ use crate::ternary::bigint::{
 
 use bee_ternary::{Btrit, ShiftTernary, T1B1Buf, Trit, TritBuf, Utrit};
 
-use std::{
-    cmp::Ordering,
-    convert::{TryFrom, TryInto},
-};
+use std::cmp::Ordering;
 
 def_and_impl_ternary!(T242, 242);
 
diff --git a/bee-crypto/src/ternary/bigint/u384/constants.rs b/bee-crypto/src/ternary/bigint/u384/constants.rs
index 0f3b577c94..5d5cca99a2 100644
--- a/bee-crypto/src/ternary/bigint/u384/constants.rs
+++ b/bee-crypto/src/ternary/bigint/u384/constants.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ use bee_ternary::Utrit;
 
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 
-use std::convert::TryFrom;
-
 lazy_static! {
     /// U384 big-endian `u32` represented half of maximum value.
     pub static ref BE_U32_HALF_MAX: U384<BigEndian, U32Repr> = (*LE_U32_HALF_MAX).into();
diff --git a/bee-crypto/src/ternary/bigint/u384/mod.rs b/bee-crypto/src/ternary/bigint/u384/mod.rs
index 52d6ebdaa0..b04edddf52 100644
--- a/bee-crypto/src/ternary/bigint/u384/mod.rs
+++ b/bee-crypto/src/ternary/bigint/u384/mod.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ use byteorder::{self, ByteOrder};
 
 use std::{
     cmp::Ordering,
-    convert::TryFrom,
     fmt,
     marker::PhantomData,
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
diff --git a/bee-crypto/src/ternary/hash.rs b/bee-crypto/src/ternary/hash.rs
index 63d449be79..e118f5e3d9 100644
--- a/bee-crypto/src/ternary/hash.rs
+++ b/bee-crypto/src/ternary/hash.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use bee_ternary::{raw::RawEncoding, Btrit, Trits, T1B1};
 
 use std::{
     cmp::PartialEq,
-    convert::TryFrom,
     fmt, hash,
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
 };
diff --git a/bee-crypto/tests/binary_to_ternary_roundtrip.rs b/bee-crypto/tests/binary_to_ternary_roundtrip.rs
index 16a713400b..abe5bf2fd1 100644
--- a/bee-crypto/tests/binary_to_ternary_roundtrip.rs
+++ b/bee-crypto/tests/binary_to_ternary_roundtrip.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 use bee_crypto::ternary::bigint::{binary_representation::U32Repr, endianness::LittleEndian, I384, T243, U384};
 use bee_ternary::{Btrit, Utrit};
 
-use std::convert::TryInto;
-
 macro_rules! binary_to_ternary_roundtrip {
     ( ( $($binary_type:tt)* ), ( $($ternary_type:tt)* ), $testname:ident, $val_fn:ident ) => {
         #[test]
diff --git a/bee-crypto/tests/ternary_to_binary_roundtrip.rs b/bee-crypto/tests/ternary_to_binary_roundtrip.rs
index b186d5a09c..4c450d1b4b 100644
--- a/bee-crypto/tests/ternary_to_binary_roundtrip.rs
+++ b/bee-crypto/tests/ternary_to_binary_roundtrip.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 use bee_crypto::ternary::bigint::{binary_representation::U32Repr, endianness::LittleEndian, I384, T242, T243, U384};
 use bee_ternary::{Btrit, Utrit};
 
-use std::convert::TryInto;
-
 #[test]
 fn t243_max_exceeds_u384_range() {
     let t243_max = T243::<Btrit>::max();
diff --git a/bee-crypto/tests/trytes_to_bigint.rs b/bee-crypto/tests/trytes_to_bigint.rs
index c9353eab00..1baf46db8f 100644
--- a/bee-crypto/tests/trytes_to_bigint.rs
+++ b/bee-crypto/tests/trytes_to_bigint.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 use bee_crypto::ternary::bigint::{binary_representation::U8Repr, endianness::BigEndian, I384, T243};
 use bee_ternary::{T1B1Buf, TritBuf, TryteBuf};
 
-use std::convert::TryFrom;
-
 #[test]
 fn trytes_to_i384_be_u8_1() {
     const INPUT_TRYTES: &str = "EMIDYNHBWMBCXVDEFOFWINXTERALUKYYPPHKP9JJFGJEIUY9MUDVNFZHMMWZUYUSWAIOWEVTHNWMHANBH";
diff --git a/bee-ledger/Cargo.toml b/bee-ledger/Cargo.toml
index 6684b6f5c0..144a8ea526 100644
--- a/bee-ledger/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-ledger/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-ledger"
 version = "0.5.0"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "All types and features required to compute and maintain the ledger state"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-ledger/src/workers/consensus/worker.rs b/bee-ledger/src/workers/consensus/worker.rs
index 5e79a622f3..6af2991109 100644
--- a/bee-ledger/src/workers/consensus/worker.rs
+++ b/bee-ledger/src/workers/consensus/worker.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use log::{debug, error, info, warn};
 use tokio::sync::mpsc;
 use tokio_stream::wrappers::UnboundedReceiverStream;
 
-use std::{any::TypeId, convert::TryInto};
+use std::any::TypeId;
 
 pub(crate) const EXTRA_SNAPSHOT_DEPTH: u32 = 5;
 pub(crate) const EXTRA_PRUNING_DEPTH: u32 = 5;
diff --git a/bee-message/Cargo.toml b/bee-message/Cargo.toml
index e4a2a8ef01..86b7b20545 100644
--- a/bee-message/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-message/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-message"
 version = "0.1.5"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "Implementation of the IOTA protocol message layouts"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-message/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/bee-message/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index d8df2810b7..ef5435f3b3 100644
--- a/bee-message/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-message/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "bee-message-fuzz"
 version = "0.0.0"
 authors = [ "Automatically generated" ]
 publish = false
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 
 [package.metadata]
 cargo-fuzz = true
diff --git a/bee-message/src/address/ed25519.rs b/bee-message/src/address/ed25519.rs
index 8ecd3270e6..e505698aae 100644
--- a/bee-message/src/address/ed25519.rs
+++ b/bee-message/src/address/ed25519.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use crypto::{
     signatures::ed25519::{PublicKey, Signature},
 };
 
-use core::{convert::TryInto, str::FromStr};
+use core::str::FromStr;
 
 /// The number of bytes in an Ed25519 address.
 /// See <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EdDSA#Ed25519> for more information.
diff --git a/bee-message/src/address/mod.rs b/bee-message/src/address/mod.rs
index 5b188df672..754d47651e 100644
--- a/bee-message/src/address/mod.rs
+++ b/bee-message/src/address/mod.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use bee_common::packable::{Packable, Read, Write};
 use bech32::{self, FromBase32, ToBase32, Variant};
 
 use alloc::{str::FromStr, string::String};
-use core::convert::TryFrom;
 
 /// A generic address supporting different address kinds.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Hash)]
diff --git a/bee-message/src/message_id.rs b/bee-message/src/message_id.rs
index f059c51121..1b869da03f 100644
--- a/bee-message/src/message_id.rs
+++ b/bee-message/src/message_id.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::Error;
 
 use bee_common::packable::{Packable, Read, Write};
 
-use core::{convert::TryInto, str::FromStr};
+use core::str::FromStr;
 
 /// The length of a message identifier.
 pub const MESSAGE_ID_LENGTH: usize = 32;
diff --git a/bee-message/src/output/output_id.rs b/bee-message/src/output/output_id.rs
index 4b16124422..3826b17cfa 100644
--- a/bee-message/src/output/output_id.rs
+++ b/bee-message/src/output/output_id.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,7 @@ use crate::{
 
 use bee_common::packable::{Packable, Read, Write};
 
-use core::{
-    convert::{From, TryFrom, TryInto},
-    str::FromStr,
-};
+use core::str::FromStr;
 
 /// The length of an `OutputId`.
 pub const OUTPUT_ID_LENGTH: usize = TRANSACTION_ID_LENGTH + std::mem::size_of::<u16>();
diff --git a/bee-message/src/payload/milestone/milestone_id.rs b/bee-message/src/payload/milestone/milestone_id.rs
index f4af228a9c..43f70ae694 100644
--- a/bee-message/src/payload/milestone/milestone_id.rs
+++ b/bee-message/src/payload/milestone/milestone_id.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::Error;
 
 use bee_common::packable::{Packable, Read, Write};
 
-use core::{convert::TryInto, str::FromStr};
+use core::str::FromStr;
 
 /// The length of a milestone identifier.
 pub const MILESTONE_ID_LENGTH: usize = 32;
diff --git a/bee-message/src/payload/milestone/mod.rs b/bee-message/src/payload/milestone/mod.rs
index 27d04d757c..ba6ca69a15 100644
--- a/bee-message/src/payload/milestone/mod.rs
+++ b/bee-message/src/payload/milestone/mod.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use crypto::{
 };
 
 use alloc::{boxed::Box, vec::Vec};
-use core::{convert::TryInto, ops::RangeInclusive};
+use core::ops::RangeInclusive;
 
 /// Range of allowed milestones signatures key numbers.
 pub const MILESTONE_SIGNATURE_COUNT_RANGE: RangeInclusive<usize> = 1..=255;
diff --git a/bee-message/src/payload/receipt/tail_transaction_hash.rs b/bee-message/src/payload/receipt/tail_transaction_hash.rs
index da511b74f3..96c2057f79 100644
--- a/bee-message/src/payload/receipt/tail_transaction_hash.rs
+++ b/bee-message/src/payload/receipt/tail_transaction_hash.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ use bee_ternary::{T5B1Buf, TritBuf, Trits, T5B1};
 
 use bytemuck::cast_slice;
 
-use core::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
-
 /// The length of a tail transaction hash.
 pub const TAIL_TRANSACTION_HASH_LEN: usize = 49;
 
diff --git a/bee-message/src/payload/transaction/transaction_id.rs b/bee-message/src/payload/transaction/transaction_id.rs
index 4720849a69..a1096f34b1 100644
--- a/bee-message/src/payload/transaction/transaction_id.rs
+++ b/bee-message/src/payload/transaction/transaction_id.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::Error;
 
 use bee_common::packable::{Packable, Read, Write};
 
-use core::{convert::TryInto, str::FromStr};
+use core::str::FromStr;
 
 /// The length of a transaction identifier.
 pub const TRANSACTION_ID_LENGTH: usize = 32;
diff --git a/bee-message/src/unlock/reference.rs b/bee-message/src/unlock/reference.rs
index a14a216a87..55aa82f5dc 100644
--- a/bee-message/src/unlock/reference.rs
+++ b/bee-message/src/unlock/reference.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ use crate::{constants::INPUT_OUTPUT_INDEX_RANGE, Error};
 
 use bee_common::packable::{Packable, Read, Write};
 
-use core::convert::TryFrom;
-
 /// An [`UnlockBlock`](crate::unlock::UnlockBlock) that refers to another unlock block.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
diff --git a/bee-message/tests/address.rs b/bee-message/tests/address.rs
index b65cee2c63..80cc0f8531 100644
--- a/bee-message/tests/address.rs
+++ b/bee-message/tests/address.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 use bee_common::packable::Packable;
 use bee_message::prelude::*;
 
-use core::convert::TryInto;
-
 const ED25519_ADDRESS: &str = "52fdfc072182654f163f5f0f9a621d729566c74d10037c4d7bbb0407d1e2c649";
 const ED25519_ADDRESS_BAD: &str = "52fdfc072182654f163f5f0f9a621d729566c74d10037c4d7bbb0407d1e2c64x";
 
diff --git a/bee-message/tests/ed25519_address.rs b/bee-message/tests/ed25519_address.rs
index f5c66eff93..0f925f8279 100644
--- a/bee-message/tests/ed25519_address.rs
+++ b/bee-message/tests/ed25519_address.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 use bee_common::packable::Packable;
 use bee_message::prelude::*;
 
-use core::{convert::TryInto, str::FromStr};
+use core::str::FromStr;
 
 const ED25519_ADDRESS: &str = "52fdfc072182654f163f5f0f9a621d729566c74d10037c4d7bbb0407d1e2c649";
 const ED25519_ADDRESS_INVALID_HEX: &str = "52fdfc072182654f163f5f0f9a621d729566c74d10037c4d7bbb0407d1e2c64x";
diff --git a/bee-message/tests/ed25519_signature.rs b/bee-message/tests/ed25519_signature.rs
index 28030a1a49..30bd4095c6 100644
--- a/bee-message/tests/ed25519_signature.rs
+++ b/bee-message/tests/ed25519_signature.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 use bee_common::packable::Packable;
 use bee_message::prelude::*;
 
-use core::convert::TryInto;
-
 const ED25519_PUBLIC_KEY: &str = "1da5ddd11ba3f961acab68fafee3177d039875eaa94ac5fdbff8b53f0c50bfb9";
 const ED25519_SIGNATURE: &str = "c6a40edf9a089f42c18f4ebccb35fe4b578d93b879e99b87f63573324a710d3456b03fb6d1fcc027e6401cbd9581f790ee3ed7a3f68e9c225fcb9f1cd7b7110d";
 
diff --git a/bee-message/tests/indexation_payload.rs b/bee-message/tests/indexation_payload.rs
index 82f6130411..243de99c68 100644
--- a/bee-message/tests/indexation_payload.rs
+++ b/bee-message/tests/indexation_payload.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ use bee_common::packable::Packable;
 use bee_message::prelude::*;
 use bee_test::rand::bytes::{rand_bytes, rand_bytes_32};
 
-use std::convert::TryInto;
-
 const PADDED_INDEX: &str = "52fdfc072182654f163f5f0f9a621d729566c74d10037c4d7bbb0407d1e2c64952fdfc072182654f163f5f0f9a621d729566c74d10037c4d7bbb0407d1e2c649";
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/bee-message/tests/milestone_id.rs b/bee-message/tests/milestone_id.rs
index eccd0473eb..453d142393 100644
--- a/bee-message/tests/milestone_id.rs
+++ b/bee-message/tests/milestone_id.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ use bee_common::packable::Packable;
 use bee_message::prelude::*;
 
 use core::str::FromStr;
-use std::convert::TryInto;
 
 const MILESTONE_ID: &str = "52fdfc072182654f163f5f0f9a621d729566c74d10037c4d7bbb0407d1e2c649";
 const MILESTONE_ID_INVALID_HEX: &str = "52fdfc072182654f163f5f0f9a621d729566c74d10037c4d7bbb0407d1e2c64x";
diff --git a/bee-message/tests/output_id.rs b/bee-message/tests/output_id.rs
index 7d9d1e0c1f..e0fc646b8e 100644
--- a/bee-message/tests/output_id.rs
+++ b/bee-message/tests/output_id.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@
 use bee_common::packable::Packable;
 use bee_message::prelude::*;
 
-use core::{
-    convert::{TryFrom, TryInto},
-    str::FromStr,
-};
+use core::str::FromStr;
 
 const TRANSACTION_ID: &str = "52fdfc072182654f163f5f0f9a621d729566c74d10037c4d7bbb0407d1e2c649";
 const OUTPUT_ID: &str = "52fdfc072182654f163f5f0f9a621d729566c74d10037c4d7bbb0407d1e2c6492a00";
diff --git a/bee-message/tests/payload.rs b/bee-message/tests/payload.rs
index 0d4e9f43eb..44eb02f8de 100644
--- a/bee-message/tests/payload.rs
+++ b/bee-message/tests/payload.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use bee_common::packable::Packable;
 use bee_message::prelude::*;
 use bee_test::rand::{bytes::rand_bytes_32, parents::rand_parents};
 
-use std::{convert::TryInto, str::FromStr};
+use std::str::FromStr;
 
 const TRANSACTION_ID: &str = "24a1f46bdb6b2bf38f1c59f73cdd4ae5b418804bb231d76d06fbf246498d5883";
 const ED25519_ADDRESS: &str = "e594f9a895c0e0a6760dd12cffc2c3d1e1cbf7269b328091f96ce3d0dd550b75";
diff --git a/bee-message/tests/reference_unlock.rs b/bee-message/tests/reference_unlock.rs
index cb1cbf994d..5e4fee8485 100644
--- a/bee-message/tests/reference_unlock.rs
+++ b/bee-message/tests/reference_unlock.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 use bee_common::packable::Packable;
 use bee_message::prelude::*;
 
-use core::convert::TryFrom;
-
 #[test]
 fn kind() {
     assert_eq!(ReferenceUnlock::KIND, 1);
diff --git a/bee-message/tests/signature_unlock.rs b/bee-message/tests/signature_unlock.rs
index b57c070596..0de4cacc0d 100644
--- a/bee-message/tests/signature_unlock.rs
+++ b/bee-message/tests/signature_unlock.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ use bee_common::packable::Packable;
 use bee_message::prelude::*;
 use bee_test::rand::bytes::{rand_bytes, rand_bytes_32};
 
-use std::convert::TryInto;
-
 #[test]
 fn unlock_kind() {
     assert_eq!(SignatureUnlock::KIND, 0);
diff --git a/bee-message/tests/tail_transaction_hash.rs b/bee-message/tests/tail_transaction_hash.rs
index ebea5fcbe9..4583bfc5f0 100644
--- a/bee-message/tests/tail_transaction_hash.rs
+++ b/bee-message/tests/tail_transaction_hash.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 use bee_common::packable::Packable;
 use bee_message::prelude::*;
 
-use core::convert::TryFrom;
-
 const HASH_TRYTES: &str = "TZTXLMTAURX9DYQICXZEUMCDBPNXVOHNBBZDSSVCNCTWKSMUALAYPMHUCKGOGSTBUHSQIMSY9HQEP9AXJ";
 const HASH_BYTES: [u8; 49] = [
     222, 235, 107, 67, 2, 173, 253, 93, 165, 90, 166, 45, 102, 91, 19, 137, 71, 146, 156, 180, 248, 31, 56, 25, 68,
diff --git a/bee-message/tests/transaction_essence.rs b/bee-message/tests/transaction_essence.rs
index c9b4ec9da9..520f1bbc0b 100644
--- a/bee-message/tests/transaction_essence.rs
+++ b/bee-message/tests/transaction_essence.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 use bee_common::packable::Packable;
 use bee_message::prelude::*;
 
-use std::convert::TryInto;
-
 const TRANSACTION_ID: &str = "52fdfc072182654f163f5f0f9a621d729566c74d10037c4d7bbb0407d1e2c649";
 const ED25519_ADDRESS: &str = "52fdfc072182654f163f5f0f9a621d729566c74d10037c4d7bbb0407d1e2c649";
 
diff --git a/bee-message/tests/transaction_payload.rs b/bee-message/tests/transaction_payload.rs
index 2ccd36e5af..a16e75cd7c 100644
--- a/bee-message/tests/transaction_payload.rs
+++ b/bee-message/tests/transaction_payload.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 use bee_common::packable::Packable;
 use bee_message::{input::Input, payload::transaction::Essence, prelude::*};
 
-use core::convert::TryInto;
-
 const TRANSACTION_ID: &str = "52fdfc072182654f163f5f0f9a621d729566c74d10037c4d7bbb0407d1e2c649";
 const ED25519_ADDRESS: &str = "52fdfc072182654f163f5f0f9a621d729566c74d10037c4d7bbb0407d1e2c649";
 const ED25519_PUBLIC_KEY: &str = "1da5ddd11ba3f961acab68fafee3177d039875eaa94ac5fdbff8b53f0c50bfb9";
diff --git a/bee-message/tests/transaction_regular_essence.rs b/bee-message/tests/transaction_regular_essence.rs
index 621a8c17d7..34024ad321 100644
--- a/bee-message/tests/transaction_regular_essence.rs
+++ b/bee-message/tests/transaction_regular_essence.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ use bee_test::rand::{
     payload::{rand_indexation_payload, rand_treasury_transaction_payload},
 };
 
-use std::convert::TryInto;
-
 const TRANSACTION_ID: &str = "52fdfc072182654f163f5f0f9a621d729566c74d10037c4d7bbb0407d1e2c649";
 const ED25519_ADDRESS_1: &str = "d56da1eb7726ed482dfe9d457cf548c2ae2a6ce3e053dbf82f11223be476adb9";
 const ED25519_ADDRESS_2: &str = "efda4275375ac3675abff85235fd25a1522a2044cc6027a31b310857246f18c0";
diff --git a/bee-message/tests/unlock_blocks.rs b/bee-message/tests/unlock_blocks.rs
index e5ef0a096a..09682da975 100644
--- a/bee-message/tests/unlock_blocks.rs
+++ b/bee-message/tests/unlock_blocks.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 use bee_message::prelude::*;
 use bee_test::rand::bytes::{rand_bytes, rand_bytes_32};
 
-use core::convert::TryInto;
-
 #[test]
 fn kind() {
     assert_eq!(
diff --git a/bee-network/Cargo.toml b/bee-network/Cargo.toml
index 1a3981347c..3e7f228822 100644
--- a/bee-network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-network/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-network"
 version = "0.2.2"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = """
 Networking functionality and types for nodes and clients participating in the IOTA protocol built on top of `libp2p`.
 """
diff --git a/bee-pow/Cargo.toml b/bee-pow/Cargo.toml
index f76ae733c8..1e9eb8d0e5 100644
--- a/bee-pow/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-pow/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-pow"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "Provides Proof of Work utilities for the IOTA protocol"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-protocol/Cargo.toml b/bee-protocol/Cargo.toml
index 9f7e461f12..36c0de4bf7 100644
--- a/bee-protocol/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-protocol/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-protocol"
 version = "0.1.1"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "All types and workers enabling the IOTA protocol"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-runtime/Cargo.toml b/bee-runtime/Cargo.toml
index 063c6a49a1..7c477e9b08 100644
--- a/bee-runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-runtime"
 version = "0.1.1-alpha"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "Runtime components and utilities for the bee framework"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-signing/Cargo.toml b/bee-signing/Cargo.toml
index 2b0ddc8f41..ef1419bc3e 100644
--- a/bee-signing/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-signing/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-signing"
 version = "0.1.1-alpha"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "IOTA signing primitives"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-signing/src/ternary/wots/mod.rs b/bee-signing/src/ternary/wots/mod.rs
index e1658ed024..7f4e8fa826 100644
--- a/bee-signing/src/ternary/wots/mod.rs
+++ b/bee-signing/src/ternary/wots/mod.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ use thiserror::Error;
 use zeroize::Zeroize;
 
 use std::{
-    convert::TryFrom,
     fmt::{self, Display, Formatter},
     marker::PhantomData,
 };
diff --git a/bee-signing/src/ternary/wots/normalize.rs b/bee-signing/src/ternary/wots/normalize.rs
index 60c2d26e4a..cdbae76d2e 100644
--- a/bee-signing/src/ternary/wots/normalize.rs
+++ b/bee-signing/src/ternary/wots/normalize.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ use bee_ternary::{T1B1Buf, T3B1Buf, TritBuf, Trits, Tryte, T1B1, T3B1};
 
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-use std::convert::TryFrom;
-
 /// Errors occuring during normalization.
 #[derive(Debug, Error, PartialEq)]
 pub enum Error {
diff --git a/bee-storage/bee-storage-null/Cargo.toml b/bee-storage/bee-storage-null/Cargo.toml
index 99f87583c0..7321c4a973 100644
--- a/bee-storage/bee-storage-null/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-storage/bee-storage-null/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-storage-null"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "A bee-storage implementation with no backend, for testing purposes"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-storage/bee-storage-rocksdb/Cargo.toml b/bee-storage/bee-storage-rocksdb/Cargo.toml
index a908df05ab..41a4812598 100644
--- a/bee-storage/bee-storage-rocksdb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-storage/bee-storage-rocksdb/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-storage-rocksdb"
 version = "0.5.0"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "A bee-storage implementation for the RocksDB backend"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-storage/bee-storage-rocksdb/src/access/fetch.rs b/bee-storage/bee-storage-rocksdb/src/access/fetch.rs
index f17a315b0a..f21f9eb418 100644
--- a/bee-storage/bee-storage-rocksdb/src/access/fetch.rs
+++ b/bee-storage/bee-storage-rocksdb/src/access/fetch.rs
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ use bee_tangle::{
     metadata::MessageMetadata, solid_entry_point::SolidEntryPoint, unreferenced_message::UnreferencedMessage,
 };
 
-use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
-
 impl Fetch<u8, System> for Storage {
     fn fetch(&self, key: &u8) -> Result<Option<System>, <Self as StorageBackend>::Error> {
         Ok(self
diff --git a/bee-storage/bee-storage-rocksdb/src/access/iter.rs b/bee-storage/bee-storage-rocksdb/src/access/iter.rs
index f35c631627..a629a449a7 100644
--- a/bee-storage/bee-storage-rocksdb/src/access/iter.rs
+++ b/bee-storage/bee-storage-rocksdb/src/access/iter.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use bee_tangle::{
 
 use rocksdb::{DBIterator, IteratorMode};
 
-use std::{convert::TryInto, marker::PhantomData};
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
 pub struct StorageIterator<'a, K, V> {
     inner: DBIterator<'a>,
diff --git a/bee-storage/bee-storage-sled/Cargo.toml b/bee-storage/bee-storage-sled/Cargo.toml
index 8156fbb94b..8fda9c90b2 100644
--- a/bee-storage/bee-storage-sled/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-storage/bee-storage-sled/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-storage-sled"
 version = "0.4.0"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "A bee-storage implementation for the Sled backend"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-storage/bee-storage-sled/src/access/fetch.rs b/bee-storage/bee-storage-sled/src/access/fetch.rs
index b555164bab..8e97cff85d 100644
--- a/bee-storage/bee-storage-sled/src/access/fetch.rs
+++ b/bee-storage/bee-storage-sled/src/access/fetch.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ use bee_tangle::{
     metadata::MessageMetadata, solid_entry_point::SolidEntryPoint, unreferenced_message::UnreferencedMessage,
 };
 
-use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
-
 impl Fetch<u8, System> for Storage {
     fn fetch(&self, &key: &u8) -> Result<Option<System>, <Self as StorageBackend>::Error> {
         Ok(self
diff --git a/bee-storage/bee-storage-sled/src/access/iter.rs b/bee-storage/bee-storage-sled/src/access/iter.rs
index dda9f38c8b..5145cbba5c 100644
--- a/bee-storage/bee-storage-sled/src/access/iter.rs
+++ b/bee-storage/bee-storage-sled/src/access/iter.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use bee_tangle::{
     metadata::MessageMetadata, solid_entry_point::SolidEntryPoint, unreferenced_message::UnreferencedMessage,
 };
 
-use std::{convert::TryInto, marker::PhantomData};
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
 /// Type used to iterate a subtree.
 pub struct StorageIterator<'a, K, V> {
diff --git a/bee-storage/bee-storage-test/Cargo.toml b/bee-storage/bee-storage-test/Cargo.toml
index debb267110..f106ae1bdf 100644
--- a/bee-storage/bee-storage-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-storage/bee-storage-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-storage-test"
 version = "0.3.0"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "A crate to test storage implementation in a generic way"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-storage/bee-storage/Cargo.toml b/bee-storage/bee-storage/Cargo.toml
index fdb46a909a..e239c10ddd 100644
--- a/bee-storage/bee-storage/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-storage/bee-storage/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-storage"
 version = "0.9.0"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "A general purpose storage backend crate with key value abstraction API"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-tangle/Cargo.toml b/bee-tangle/Cargo.toml
index 67876a1cda..3fa9c810cb 100644
--- a/bee-tangle/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-tangle/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-tangle"
 version = "0.2.0"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "A distributed, directed, acyclic graph that underpins the DLT for IOTA's Bee node"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-tangle/src/conflict.rs b/bee-tangle/src/conflict.rs
index 2d3d08f4e7..44c4e15980 100644
--- a/bee-tangle/src/conflict.rs
+++ b/bee-tangle/src/conflict.rs
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ use bee_common::packable::Packable;
 
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use std::{
-    convert::{TryFrom, TryInto},
-    io::{Read, Write},
-};
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
 
 /// Errors related to ledger types.
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
diff --git a/bee-ternary/Cargo.toml b/bee-ternary/Cargo.toml
index ed9b94be3d..d741f8ca06 100644
--- a/bee-ternary/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-ternary/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-ternary"
 version = "0.5.0"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "Ergonomic ternary manipulation utilities"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-ternary/src/b1t6.rs b/bee-ternary/src/b1t6.rs
index 98db821be2..a20d1e7df2 100644
--- a/bee-ternary/src/b1t6.rs
+++ b/bee-ternary/src/b1t6.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 use crate::{Btrit, RawEncoding, RawEncodingBuf, TritBuf, Trits, Tryte};
 
-use std::convert::TryFrom;
-
 const TRITS_PER_BYTE: usize = 2;
 const TRITS_PER_TRYTE: usize = 3;
 
diff --git a/bee-ternary/src/convert.rs b/bee-ternary/src/convert.rs
index 433c901761..25245cad8a 100644
--- a/bee-ternary/src/convert.rs
+++ b/bee-ternary/src/convert.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use crate::{Btrit, RawEncoding, RawEncodingBuf, Trit, TritBuf, Trits, Utrit};
+
 use num_traits::{AsPrimitive, CheckedAdd, CheckedSub, FromPrimitive, Num, Signed};
-use std::{cmp::PartialOrd, convert::TryFrom};
+
+use std::cmp::PartialOrd;
 
 /// An error that may be produced during numeric conversion.
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
diff --git a/bee-ternary/src/lib.rs b/bee-ternary/src/lib.rs
index 49e9bd0076..307b70faa9 100644
--- a/bee-ternary/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bee-ternary/src/lib.rs
@@ -79,17 +79,6 @@ pub mod tryte;
 mod serde;
 
 use crate::raw::{RawEncoding, RawEncodingBuf};
-use std::{
-    any,
-    borrow::{Borrow, BorrowMut},
-    cmp::Ordering,
-    convert::TryFrom,
-    error, fmt, hash,
-    iter::FromIterator,
-    ops::{
-        Deref, DerefMut, Index, IndexMut, Neg, Range, RangeFrom, RangeFull, RangeInclusive, RangeTo, RangeToInclusive,
-    },
-};
 
 pub use crate::{
     t1b1::{T1B1Buf, T1B1},
@@ -101,6 +90,16 @@ pub use crate::{
     tryte::{Tryte, TryteBuf},
 };
 
+use std::{
+    any,
+    borrow::{Borrow, BorrowMut},
+    cmp::Ordering,
+    error, fmt, hash,
+    ops::{
+        Deref, DerefMut, Index, IndexMut, Neg, Range, RangeFrom, RangeFull, RangeInclusive, RangeTo, RangeToInclusive,
+    },
+};
+
 /// An error that may be produced as a result of fallible conversions.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
diff --git a/bee-ternary/src/serde.rs b/bee-ternary/src/serde.rs
index 30fbf73e27..d19a0982af 100644
--- a/bee-ternary/src/serde.rs
+++ b/bee-ternary/src/serde.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use crate::{Btrit, RawEncoding, RawEncodingBuf, TritBuf, Trits, Utrit};
+
 use serde::{
     de::{Error, SeqAccess, Unexpected, Visitor},
     ser::SerializeSeq,
     Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer,
 };
-use std::{convert::TryFrom, fmt, marker::PhantomData};
+
+use std::{fmt, marker::PhantomData};
 
 // Serialisation
 
diff --git a/bee-ternary/src/t1b1.rs b/bee-ternary/src/t1b1.rs
index 02c801c6c1..9182b50d63 100644
--- a/bee-ternary/src/t1b1.rs
+++ b/bee-ternary/src/t1b1.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 use crate::{trit::ShiftTernary, Btrit, RawEncoding, RawEncodingBuf, Trit};
 
-use std::{convert::TryInto, hash, marker::PhantomData, ops::Range};
+use std::{hash, marker::PhantomData, ops::Range};
 
 /// An encoding scheme slice that uses a single byte to represent one trit.
 #[repr(transparent)]
diff --git a/bee-ternary/src/trit/balanced.rs b/bee-ternary/src/trit/balanced.rs
index 4bdb733a6e..1c9174869e 100644
--- a/bee-ternary/src/trit/balanced.rs
+++ b/bee-ternary/src/trit/balanced.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use super::{ShiftTernary, Trit, Utrit};
+
 use crate::convert;
+
 use num_traits::{CheckedAdd, CheckedSub, Num};
-use std::{convert::TryFrom, fmt, ops::Neg};
+
+use std::{fmt, ops::Neg};
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Eq, Hash, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
 #[repr(i8)]
diff --git a/bee-ternary/src/trit/mod.rs b/bee-ternary/src/trit/mod.rs
index 8c3291a93c..338a60d012 100644
--- a/bee-ternary/src/trit/mod.rs
+++ b/bee-ternary/src/trit/mod.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use crate::convert;
+
 use num_traits::{CheckedAdd, CheckedSub, Num};
-use std::{convert::TryFrom, fmt, hash};
+
+use std::{fmt, hash};
 
 /// Balanced trits.
 pub mod balanced;
diff --git a/bee-ternary/src/trit/unbalanced.rs b/bee-ternary/src/trit/unbalanced.rs
index 01ffd7dcc7..5eab175cd3 100644
--- a/bee-ternary/src/trit/unbalanced.rs
+++ b/bee-ternary/src/trit/unbalanced.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use super::{Btrit, ShiftTernary, Trit};
+
 use crate::convert;
+
 use num_traits::{CheckedAdd, CheckedSub, Num};
-use std::{convert::TryFrom, fmt};
+
+use std::fmt;
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Eq, Hash, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
 #[repr(i8)]
diff --git a/bee-ternary/src/tryte.rs b/bee-ternary/src/tryte.rs
index 8f812a813f..0a76bd9692 100644
--- a/bee-ternary/src/tryte.rs
+++ b/bee-ternary/src/tryte.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 use crate::{Btrit, Error, Trits, T3B1};
+
 use std::{
-    convert::TryFrom,
     fmt,
-    iter::FromIterator,
     ops::{Deref, DerefMut},
     str::FromStr,
 };
diff --git a/bee-test/Cargo.toml b/bee-test/Cargo.toml
index c3baf2c3ef..650e1c2e4e 100644
--- a/bee-test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bee-test/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "bee-test"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = [ "IOTA Stiftung" ]
-edition = "2018"
+edition = "2021"
 description = "Test utilities and feature tests for bee"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/iotaledger/bee"
diff --git a/bee-test/src/rand/metadata.rs b/bee-test/src/rand/metadata.rs
index a0d2a5aad0..014baf6368 100644
--- a/bee-test/src/rand/metadata.rs
+++ b/bee-test/src/rand/metadata.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ use bee_tangle::{
     ConflictReason,
 };
 
-use std::convert::TryInto;
-
 /// Generates a random conflict reason.
 pub fn rand_conflict_reason() -> ConflictReason {
     ((rand_number::<u64>() % 7) as u8).try_into().unwrap()
diff --git a/bee-test/src/rand/receipt.rs b/bee-test/src/rand/receipt.rs
index d721f6f2fd..5403ee0ee5 100644
--- a/bee-test/src/rand/receipt.rs
+++ b/bee-test/src/rand/receipt.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ use bee_ternary::{T5B1Buf, Tryte, TryteBuf};
 
 use bytemuck::cast_slice;
 
-use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
-
 /// Generates a random tail transaction hash.
 pub fn rand_tail_transaction_hash() -> TailTransactionHash {
     let bytes = rand_string_charset("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ9", 81)
diff --git a/bee-test/src/ternary.rs b/bee-test/src/ternary.rs
index d7273a1255..d9759829d1 100644
--- a/bee-test/src/ternary.rs
+++ b/bee-test/src/ternary.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use bee_ternary::*;
 
 use rand::prelude::*;
 
-use std::{convert::TryFrom, ops::Range};
+use std::ops::Range;
 
 /// Generates a random i8 trit.
 pub fn gen_trit() -> i8 {
diff --git a/bee-test/tests/ternary/buf.rs b/bee-test/tests/ternary/buf.rs
index 53e9832844..ff486cb1d3 100644
--- a/bee-test/tests/ternary/buf.rs
+++ b/bee-test/tests/ternary/buf.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ use bee_test::ternary::*;
 
 use rand::prelude::*;
 
-use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
-
 fn create_generic<T: raw::RawEncodingBuf>() {
     assert!(TritBuf::<T>::new().len() == 0);
     fuzz(100, || {
diff --git a/bee-test/tests/ternary/convert.rs b/bee-test/tests/ternary/convert.rs
index b9f15ad614..183f7c28e0 100644
--- a/bee-test/tests/ternary/convert.rs
+++ b/bee-test/tests/ternary/convert.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use bee_ternary::{
     trit::{Btrit, Utrit},
     T1B1Buf, TritBuf,
 };
+
 use std::{
-    convert::TryFrom,
     io::{self, Write},
     time::Instant,
 };
diff --git a/bee-test/tests/ternary/slice.rs b/bee-test/tests/ternary/slice.rs
index 3ef6fe49d0..a3fcefcd14 100644
--- a/bee-test/tests/ternary/slice.rs
+++ b/bee-test/tests/ternary/slice.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ use bee_test::ternary::*;
 
 use rand::prelude::*;
 
-use std::convert::{TryFrom, TryInto};
-
 fn get_generic<T: raw::RawEncodingBuf + Clone>() {
     println!("{}", std::any::type_name::<T>());
     fuzz(100, || {
diff --git a/bee-test/tests/ternary/trit.rs b/bee-test/tests/ternary/trit.rs
index dd56ee2f56..4affaa5e49 100644
--- a/bee-test/tests/ternary/trit.rs
+++ b/bee-test/tests/ternary/trit.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 
 use bee_ternary::*;
 
-use std::convert::TryFrom;
-
 #[test]
 fn convert_correct() {
     assert_eq!(Utrit::try_from(0i8).unwrap(), Utrit::Zero);