diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2a88152b5194a..4bea3af7f3bfa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5034,18 +5034,18 @@ checksum = "1ef965a420fe14fdac7dd018862966a4c14094f900e1650bbc71ddd7d580c8af"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
-version = "1.0.14"
+version = "1.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e25dfac463d778e353db5be2449d1cce89bd6fd23c9f1ea21310ce6e5a1b29c4"
+checksum = "a2333e6df6d6598f2b1974829f853c2b4c5f4a6e503c10af918081aa6f8564e1"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.152"
+version = "1.0.147"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bb7d1f0d3021d347a83e556fc4683dea2ea09d87bccdf88ff5c12545d89d5efb"
+checksum = "d193d69bae983fc11a79df82342761dfbf28a99fc8d203dca4c3c1b590948965"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
@@ -5062,9 +5062,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.152"
+version = "1.0.147"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "af487d118eecd09402d70a5d72551860e788df87b464af30e5ea6a38c75c541e"
+checksum = "4f1d362ca8fc9c3e3a7484440752472d68a6caa98f1ab81d99b5dfe517cec852"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -5082,9 +5082,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_json"
-version = "1.0.91"
+version = "1.0.85"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "877c235533714907a8c2464236f5c4b2a17262ef1bd71f38f35ea592c8da6883"
+checksum = "e55a28e3aaef9d5ce0506d0a14dbba8054ddc7e499ef522dd8b26859ec9d4a44"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "itoa",
@@ -5400,9 +5400,9 @@ checksum = "6bdef32e8150c2a081110b42772ffe7d7c9032b606bc226c8260fd97e0976601"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "1.0.107"
+version = "1.0.102"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1f4064b5b16e03ae50984a5a8ed5d4f8803e6bc1fd170a3cda91a1be4b18e3f5"
+checksum = "3fcd952facd492f9be3ef0d0b7032a6e442ee9b361d4acc2b1d0c4aaa5f613a1"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -5576,7 +5576,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "miropt-test-tools",
  "regex",
- "semver",
  "termcolor",
  "walkdir",
 ]
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
index f3998e98583ec..9cf43fc7a2193 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
+++ b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
@@ -934,7 +934,8 @@ def main():
     if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == 'help':
         sys.argv = [sys.argv[0], '-h'] + sys.argv[2:]
 
-    help_triggered = len(sys.argv) == 1 or any(x in ["-h", "--help", "--version"] for x in sys.argv)
+    help_triggered = (
+        '-h' in sys.argv) or ('--help' in sys.argv) or (len(sys.argv) == 1)
     try:
         bootstrap(help_triggered)
         if not help_triggered:
diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/Cargo.toml b/src/tools/tidy/Cargo.toml
index 5f5ae3a65efa8..fff83a1d097b3 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ miropt-test-tools = { path = "../miropt-test-tools" }
 lazy_static = "1"
 walkdir = "2"
 ignore = "0.4.18"
-semver = "1.0.14"
 termcolor = "1.1.3"
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/lib.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/lib.rs
index 1eb146989e4f8..40375f1306d62 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/lib.rs
@@ -69,4 +69,3 @@ pub mod ui_tests;
 pub mod unit_tests;
 pub mod unstable_book;
 pub mod walk;
-pub mod x_version;
diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/main.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/main.rs
index 79441cda64c05..ea2886a3c2f8f 100644
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/tools/tidy/src/main.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ fn main() {
 
                 let handle = s.spawn(|| {
                     let mut flag = false;
-                    $p::check($($args, )* &mut flag);
+                    $p::check($($args),* , &mut flag);
                     if (flag) {
                         bad.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
                     }
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ fn main() {
         check!(alphabetical, &compiler_path);
         check!(alphabetical, &library_path);
 
-        check!(x_version, &root_path, &cargo);
-
         let collected = {
             drain_handles(&mut handles);
 
diff --git a/src/tools/tidy/src/x_version.rs b/src/tools/tidy/src/x_version.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5dc6a0588c32b..0000000000000
--- a/src/tools/tidy/src/x_version.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-use semver::Version;
-use std::io::ErrorKind;
-use std::path::Path;
-use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
-
-pub fn check(root: &Path, cargo: &Path, bad: &mut bool) {
-    let result = Command::new("x").arg("--wrapper-version").stdout(Stdio::piped()).spawn();
-    // This runs the command inside a temporary directory.
-    // This allows us to compare output of result to see if `--wrapper-version` is not a recognized argument to x.
-    let temp_result = Command::new("x")
-        .arg("--wrapper-version")
-        .current_dir(std::env::temp_dir())
-        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
-        .spawn();
-
-    let (child, temp_child) = match (result, temp_result) {
-        (Ok(child), Ok(temp_child)) => (child, temp_child),
-        (Err(e), _) | (_, Err(e)) => match e.kind() {
-            ErrorKind::NotFound => return,
-            _ => return tidy_error!(bad, "failed to run `x`: {}", e),
-        },
-    };
-
-    let output = child.wait_with_output().unwrap();
-    let temp_output = temp_child.wait_with_output().unwrap();
-
-    if output != temp_output {
-        return tidy_error!(
-            bad,
-            "Current version of x does not support the `--wrapper-version` argument\nConsider updating to the newer version of x by running `cargo install --path src/tools/x`"
-        );
-    }
-
-    if output.status.success() {
-        let version = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
-        let version = Version::parse(version.trim_end()).unwrap();
-
-        if let Some(expected) = get_x_wrapper_version(root, cargo) {
-            if version < expected {
-                return tidy_error!(
-                    bad,
-                    "Current version of x is {version}, but the latest version is {expected}\nConsider updating to the newer version of x by running `cargo install --path src/tools/x`"
-                );
-            }
-        } else {
-            return tidy_error!(
-                bad,
-                "Unable to parse the latest version of `x` at `src/tools/x/Cargo.toml`"
-            );
-        }
-    } else {
-        return tidy_error!(bad, "failed to check version of `x`: {}", output.status);
-    }
-}
-
-// Parse latest version out of `x` Cargo.toml
-fn get_x_wrapper_version(root: &Path, cargo: &Path) -> Option<Version> {
-    let mut cmd = cargo_metadata::MetadataCommand::new();
-    cmd.cargo_path(cargo)
-        .manifest_path(root.join("src/tools/x/Cargo.toml"))
-        .no_deps()
-        .features(cargo_metadata::CargoOpt::AllFeatures);
-    let mut metadata = t!(cmd.exec());
-    metadata.packages.pop().map(|x| x.version)
-}