diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c4b8a4b85..9f71a7605 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1151,7 +1151,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "flatbuffers",
  "hyperlight-testing",
  "log",
- "strum",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
@@ -2991,28 +2990,6 @@ version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "strum"
-version = "0.27.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f64def088c51c9510a8579e3c5d67c65349dcf755e5479ad3d010aa6454e2c32"
-dependencies = [
- "strum_macros",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "strum_macros"
-version = "0.27.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c77a8c5abcaf0f9ce05d62342b7d298c346515365c36b673df4ebe3ced01fde8"
-dependencies = [
- "heck",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "rustversion",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "subtle"
 version = "2.6.1"
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_common/Cargo.toml b/src/hyperlight_common/Cargo.toml
index 560a26184..8cdb66b3e 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/hyperlight_common/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ flatbuffers = { version = "25.2.10", default-features = false }
 anyhow = { version = "1.0.98", default-features = false }
 log = "0.4.27"
 tracing = { version = "0.1.41", optional = true }
-strum = {version = "0.27",  default-features = false, features = ["derive"]}
 arbitrary = {version = "1.4.1", optional = true, features = ["derive"]}
 
 [features]
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_common/src/flatbuffer_wrappers/guest_log_level.rs b/src/hyperlight_common/src/flatbuffer_wrappers/guest_log_level.rs
index 14fa02b93..9ed83d205 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_common/src/flatbuffer_wrappers/guest_log_level.rs
+++ b/src/hyperlight_common/src/flatbuffer_wrappers/guest_log_level.rs
@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 use anyhow::{bail, Error, Result};
 use log::Level;
-use strum::EnumIter;
 #[cfg(feature = "tracing")]
 use tracing::{instrument, Span};
 
 use crate::flatbuffers::hyperlight::generated::LogLevel as FbLogLevel;
 
 #[repr(u8)]
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Debug, EnumIter)]
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
 pub enum LogLevel {
     Trace = 0,
     Debug = 1,