diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2d99a724a..a45bfe9dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4716,9 +4716,6 @@ checksum = "06abde3611657adf66d383f00b093d7faecc7fa57071cce2578660c9f1010821"
 [[package]]
 name = "util"
 version = "0.0.1"
-dependencies = [
- "extend",
-]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
diff --git a/rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/src/networking.rs b/rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/src/networking.rs
index e2f88f2bc..01024cf90 100644
--- a/rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/src/networking.rs
+++ b/rust/exo_pyo3_bindings/src/networking.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ use pyo3::{Bound, Py, PyErr, PyResult, PyTraverseError, PyVisit, Python, pymetho
 use pyo3_stub_gen::derive::{gen_stub_pyclass, gen_stub_pyclass_enum, gen_stub_pymethods};
 use std::net::IpAddr;
 use tokio::sync::{Mutex, mpsc, oneshot};
-use util::ext::VecExt as _;
 
 mod exception {
     use pyo3::types::PyTuple;
@@ -532,7 +531,9 @@ impl PyNetworkingHandle {
             .recv_many_py(limit)
             .allow_threads_py() // allow-threads-aware async call
             .await?
-            .map(|(t, d)| (t, d.pybytes())))
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|(t, d)| (t, d.pybytes()))
+            .collect())
     }
 
     // TODO: rn this blocks main thread if anything else is awaiting the channel (bc its a mutex)
diff --git a/rust/util/Cargo.toml b/rust/util/Cargo.toml
index 7c383046e..bf820ed2f 100644
--- a/rust/util/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/util/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
-extend = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/rust/util/src/lib.rs b/rust/util/src/lib.rs
index bde311785..b39d15f6b 100644
--- a/rust/util/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/util/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,20 +1 @@
-// enable Rust-unstable features for convenience
-#![feature(trait_alias)]
-
 pub mod wakerdeque;
-
-/// Namespace for crate-wide extension traits/methods
-pub mod ext {
-    use extend::ext;
-
-    #[ext(pub, name = VecExt)]
-    impl<T> Vec<T> {
-        #[inline]
-        fn map<B, F>(self, f: F) -> Vec<B>
-        where
-            F: FnMut(T) -> B,
-        {
-            self.into_iter().map(f).collect()
-        }
-    }
-}