diff --git a/crates/napi/Cargo.toml b/crates/napi/Cargo.toml
index 1a5d88fe63..87dd7e5e7c 100644
--- a/crates/napi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/napi/Cargo.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ tokio_time = ["tokio/time"]
 
 [dependencies]
 ctor = "0.1"
-once_cell = "1"
+once_cell = "1.16"
 thread_local = "1"
 bitflags = "1"
 
diff --git a/crates/napi/src/bindgen_runtime/module_register.rs b/crates/napi/src/bindgen_runtime/module_register.rs
index 306bd23994..f66ae1ccdc 100644
--- a/crates/napi/src/bindgen_runtime/module_register.rs
+++ b/crates/napi/src/bindgen_runtime/module_register.rs
@@ -598,12 +598,6 @@ extern "C" fn custom_gc(
   _context: *mut std::ffi::c_void,
   data: *mut std::ffi::c_void,
 ) {
-  let mut ref_count = 0;
-  check_status_or_throw!(
-    env,
-    unsafe { sys::napi_reference_unref(env, data as sys::napi_ref, &mut ref_count) },
-    "Failed to unref Buffer reference in Custom GC"
-  );
   check_status_or_throw!(
     env,
     unsafe { sys::napi_delete_reference(env, data as sys::napi_ref) },