diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cda99ce34..6073503f0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,6 +63,5 @@ byteorder = "^1.2.1"
 libc = "^0.2.1"
 getopts = "^0.2"
 isatty = "0.1"
-futures = "0.1"
 rand = "0.4.2"
 pnet = "^0.21.0"
diff --git a/src/bin/client-demo.rs b/src/bin/client-demo.rs
index de51a382f..9ad769069 100644
--- a/src/bin/client-demo.rs
+++ b/src/bin/client-demo.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-extern crate futures;
 extern crate getopts;
 extern crate isatty;
 extern crate pnet;
@@ -6,7 +5,6 @@ extern crate rayon;
 extern crate serde_json;
 extern crate solana;
 
-use futures::Future;
 use getopts::Options;
 use isatty::stdin_isatty;
 use pnet::datalink;
@@ -128,7 +126,7 @@ fn main() {
     let mut client = mk_client(&client_addr, &leader);
 
     println!("Get last ID...");
-    let last_id = client.get_last_id().wait().unwrap();
+    let last_id = client.get_last_id();
     println!("Got last ID {:?}", last_id);
 
     let rnd = GenKeys::new(demo.mint.keypair().public_key_bytes());
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index dcd26f385..110dd1558 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@ extern crate serde_json;
 extern crate sha2;
 extern crate untrusted;
 
-extern crate futures;
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate matches;
diff --git a/src/thin_client.rs b/src/thin_client.rs
index b1efb5801..3b40ca047 100644
--- a/src/thin_client.rs
+++ b/src/thin_client.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 //! unstable and may change in future releases.
 
 use bincode::{deserialize, serialize};
-use futures::future::{ok, FutureResult};
 use hash::Hash;
 use request::{Request, Response};
 use signature::{KeyPair, PublicKey, Signature};
@@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ impl ThinClient {
 
     /// Request the last Entry ID from the server. This method blocks
     /// until the server sends a response.
-    pub fn get_last_id(&mut self) -> FutureResult<Hash, ()> {
+    pub fn get_last_id(&mut self) -> Hash {
         info!("get_last_id");
         let req = Request::GetLastId;
         let data = serialize(&req).expect("serialize GetLastId in pub fn get_last_id");
@@ -153,7 +152,7 @@ impl ThinClient {
             }
             self.process_response(resp);
         }
-        ok(self.last_id.expect("some last_id"))
+        self.last_id.expect("some last_id")
     }
 
     pub fn poll_get_balance(&mut self, pubkey: &PublicKey) -> io::Result<i64> {
@@ -178,7 +177,6 @@ mod tests {
     use bank::Bank;
     use budget::Budget;
     use crdt::TestNode;
-    use futures::Future;
     use logger;
     use mint::Mint;
     use server::Server;
@@ -223,7 +221,7 @@ mod tests {
             leader.data.transactions_addr,
             transactions_socket,
         );
-        let last_id = client.get_last_id().wait().unwrap();
+        let last_id = client.get_last_id();
         let _sig = client
             .transfer(500, &alice.keypair(), bob_pubkey, &last_id)
             .unwrap();
@@ -269,13 +267,13 @@ mod tests {
             leader.data.transactions_addr,
             transactions_socket,
         );
-        let last_id = client.get_last_id().wait().unwrap();
+        let last_id = client.get_last_id();
 
         let tx = Transaction::new(&alice.keypair(), bob_pubkey, 500, last_id);
 
         let _sig = client.transfer_signed(tx).unwrap();
 
-        let last_id = client.get_last_id().wait().unwrap();
+        let last_id = client.get_last_id();
 
         let mut tr2 = Transaction::new(&alice.keypair(), bob_pubkey, 501, last_id);
         if let Instruction::NewContract(contract) = &mut tr2.instruction {
diff --git a/tests/multinode.rs b/tests/multinode.rs
index cdb6c86ef..bf53fa734 100644
--- a/tests/multinode.rs
+++ b/tests/multinode.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate log;
 extern crate bincode;
-extern crate futures;
 extern crate solana;
 
-use futures::Future;
 use solana::bank::Bank;
 use solana::crdt::TestNode;
 use solana::crdt::{Crdt, ReplicatedData};
@@ -167,7 +165,7 @@ fn tx_and_retry_get_balance(
 ) -> io::Result<i64> {
     let mut client = mk_client(leader);
     trace!("getting leader last_id");
-    let last_id = client.get_last_id().wait().unwrap();
+    let last_id = client.get_last_id();
     info!("executing leader transer");
     let _sig = client
         .transfer(500, &alice.keypair(), *bob_pubkey, &last_id)