diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d750d9e6cafeac..8057a6b562c4f7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -9970,7 +9970,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "typetag",
  "url",
  "uuid",
- "vector-core",
  "vector-lib",
  "vector-vrl-functions",
  "vrl",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 990498b06ff418..4ed4f30b936783 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ fakedata = { path = "lib/fakedata", optional = true }
 portpicker = { path = "lib/portpicker" }
 tracing-limit = { path = "lib/tracing-limit" }
 vector-lib = { path = "lib/vector-lib", default-features = false, features = ["vrl"] }
-vector-core = { path = "lib/vector-core", default-features = false }
 vector-vrl-functions = { path = "lib/vector-vrl/functions" }
 loki-logproto = { path = "lib/loki-logproto", optional = true }
 
diff --git a/src/sinks/prometheus/remote_write/mod.rs b/src/sinks/prometheus/remote_write/mod.rs
index 6bc912ecd4edc7..caf152e1bec14a 100644
--- a/src/sinks/prometheus/remote_write/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sinks/prometheus/remote_write/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-//! The Prometheus Remote Write [`vector_core::sink::VectorSink`].
-//! Contains the [`vector_core::sink::VectorSink`] instance that is responsible
+//! The Prometheus Remote Write.
+//! Contains the [`VectorSink`] instance that is responsible
 //! for taking a stream of [`vector_core::event::Event`] and forwarding
 //! them to a server via the [Prometheus Remote Write protocol][remote_write].
 //!