diff --git a/pallas-network/Cargo.toml b/pallas-network/Cargo.toml
index 174c2c8..95598cb 100644
--- a/pallas-network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/pallas-network/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,10 +8,7 @@ homepage = "https://github.com/txpipe/pallas"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/pallas-upstream"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
-authors = [
-    "Santiago Carmuega <santiago@carmuega.me>",
-    "Pi Lanningham <pi.lanningham@gmail.com>",
-]
+authors = ["Santiago Carmuega <santiago@carmuega.me>", "Pi Lanningham <pi.lanningham@gmail.com>"]
 
 [dependencies]
 byteorder = "1.4.3"
@@ -23,10 +20,6 @@ thiserror = "1.0.31"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["net", "io-util", "time", "sync", "macros"] }
 tracing = "0.1.37"
 
-[target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
-tokio-named-pipes = "0.1.0"
-windows-sys = "0.48.0"
-
 [dev-dependencies]
 tracing-subscriber = "0.3.16"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/pallas-network/src/multiplexer.rs b/pallas-network/src/multiplexer.rs
index 38eef6c..f848956 100644
--- a/pallas-network/src/multiplexer.rs
+++ b/pallas-network/src/multiplexer.rs
@@ -103,22 +103,7 @@ impl Bearer {
     pub async fn connect_named_pipe(
         pipe_name: impl AsRef<std::ffi::OsStr>,
     ) -> Result<Self, tokio::io::Error> {
-        // TODO: revisit if busy wait logic is required
-        let client = loop {
-            match tokio::net::windows::named_pipe::ClientOptions::new().open(&pipe_name) {
-                Ok(client) => break client,
-                Err(e)
-                    if e.raw_os_error()
-                        == Some(windows_sys::Win32::Foundation::ERROR_PIPE_BUSY as i32) =>
-                {
-                    ()
-                }
-                Err(e) => return Err(e),
-            }
-
-            tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(50)).await;
-        };
-
+        let client = tokio::net::windows::named_pipe::ClientOptions::new().open(&pipe_name)?;
         Ok(Self::NamedPipe(client))
     }