diff --git a/src/rust/Cargo.lock b/src/rust/Cargo.lock
index 4846f472..c799a958 100644
--- a/src/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -232,16 +232,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "atomic-wait"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a55b94919229f2c42292fd71ffa4b75e83193bffdd77b1e858cd55fd2d0b0ea8"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.42.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "atomic-waker"
 version = "1.1.2"
@@ -1956,7 +1946,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "lqos_config"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
- "atomic-wait",
  "csv",
  "dashmap",
  "ip_network",
@@ -4408,21 +4397,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.5",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-sys"
-version = "0.42.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5a3e1820f08b8513f676f7ab6c1f99ff312fb97b553d30ff4dd86f9f15728aa7"
-dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.42.2",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.42.2",
- "windows_i686_gnu 0.42.2",
- "windows_i686_msvc 0.42.2",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.42.2",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.42.2",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.42.2",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.45.0"
diff --git a/src/rust/lqos_config/Cargo.toml b/src/rust/lqos_config/Cargo.toml
index 0d28c270..daa98f90 100644
--- a/src/rust/lqos_config/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/rust/lqos_config/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,4 +20,3 @@ pyo3 = "0.20"
 toml = "0.8.8"
 once_cell = "1.19.0"
 lqos_utils = { path = "../lqos_utils" }
-atomic-wait = "1.1.0"
diff --git a/src/rust/lqos_config/src/network_json.rs b/src/rust/lqos_config/src/network_json.rs
index f33c90db..4fd7452b 100644
--- a/src/rust/lqos_config/src/network_json.rs
+++ b/src/rust/lqos_config/src/network_json.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ pub struct NetworkJson {
     /// setup makes it hard to performantly lock the whole structure - so we
     /// have a messy "busy" compromise.
     nodes: Vec<NetworkJsonNode>,
-    busy: AtomicU32,
 }
 
 impl Default for NetworkJson {
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ impl Default for NetworkJson {
 impl NetworkJson {
     /// Generates an empty network.json
     pub fn new() -> Self {
-        Self { nodes: Vec::new(), busy: AtomicU32::new(0) }
+        Self { nodes: Vec::new() }
     }
 
     /// The path to the current `network.json` file, determined
@@ -97,7 +96,7 @@ impl NetworkJson {
             }
         }
 
-        Ok(Self { nodes, busy: AtomicU32::new(0) })
+        Ok(Self { nodes })
     }
 
     /// Find the index of a circuit_id
@@ -157,7 +156,6 @@ impl NetworkJson {
     /// access.
     pub fn zero_throughput_and_rtt(&self) {
         //log::warn!("Locking network tree for throughput cycle");
-        self.busy.store(1, SeqCst);
         self.nodes.iter().for_each(|n| {
             n.current_throughput.set_to_zero();
             n.current_tcp_retransmits.set_to_zero();
@@ -168,9 +166,6 @@ impl NetworkJson {
     }
 
     pub fn cycle_complete(&self) {
-        //log::warn!("Unlocking network tree");
-        self.busy.store(0, SeqCst);
-        atomic_wait::wake_all(&self.busy);
     }
 
     /// Add throughput numbers to node entries. Note that this does *not* require