diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3128f72..6f87991 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1425,7 +1425,6 @@ name = "lldap-controller"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "async-trait",
  "chrono",
  "cynic",
  "futures",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7f2a615..c4640dd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ tracing = "0.1.41"
 thiserror = "2.0.12"
 chrono = "0.4.40"
 passwords = "3.1.16"
-async-trait = "0.1.88"
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.14", default-features = false, features = [
   "json",
   "rustls-tls",
diff --git a/src/context.rs b/src/context.rs
index cc265d6..5fe9705 100644
--- a/src/context.rs
+++ b/src/context.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use async_trait::async_trait;
 use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1::Secret;
 use kube::runtime::events::{Event, EventType, Recorder, Reporter};
 use kube::{Resource, ResourceExt};
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ impl Context {
     }
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
+#[allow(async_fn_in_trait)]
 pub trait ControllerEvents {
     type Error;
 
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ pub trait ControllerEvents {
         T: Resource<DynamicType = ()> + Sync;
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl ControllerEvents for Recorder {
     type Error = kube::Error;
 
diff --git a/src/resources/mod.rs b/src/resources/mod.rs
index 8a5ad1d..3edbce7 100644
--- a/src/resources/mod.rs
+++ b/src/resources/mod.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ mod service_user;
 use core::fmt;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use async_trait::async_trait;
 use k8s_openapi::NamespaceResourceScope;
 use kube::runtime::controller::Action;
 use kube::runtime::finalizer;
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ impl From<finalizer::Error<Self>> for Error {
 
 type Result<T, E = Error> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
 
-#[async_trait]
 trait Reconcile {
     async fn reconcile(self: Arc<Self>, ctx: Arc<Context>) -> Result<Action>;
 
diff --git a/src/resources/service_user.rs b/src/resources/service_user.rs
index d4aaf93..6aece96 100644
--- a/src/resources/service_user.rs
+++ b/src/resources/service_user.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ use std::str::from_utf8;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use async_trait::async_trait;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use k8s_openapi::api::core::v1::Secret;
 use k8s_openapi::apimachinery::pkg::apis::meta::v1::OwnerReference;
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ fn format_username(name: &str, namespace: &str) -> String {
     format!("{name}.{namespace}")
 }
 
-#[async_trait]
 impl Reconcile for ServiceUser {
     async fn reconcile(self: Arc<Self>, ctx: Arc<Context>) -> Result<Action> {
         let name = self