diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 678acf7..8970090 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Changed
+
+- allow workspaces by having validate_manifest now use `metadata --no-deps` instead of deprecated `read-manifest`
+  therefor no longer failing on workspaces and TomlTweaker no longer removing the workspace table from `Cargo.toml`
+
+
 ## [0.10.0] - 2020-08-08
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/prepare.rs b/src/prepare.rs
index 08bd6e3..de41a48 100644
--- a/src/prepare.rs
+++ b/src/prepare.rs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ impl<'a> Prepare<'a> {
         }
 
         let res = Command::new(self.workspace, self.toolchain.cargo())
-            .args(&["read-manifest", "--manifest-path", "Cargo.toml"])
+            .args(&["metadata", "--manifest-path", "Cargo.toml", "--no-deps"])
             .cd(self.source_dir)
             .log_output(false)
             .run();
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ impl<'a> TomlTweaker<'a> {
 
         self.remove_missing_items("example");
         self.remove_missing_items("test");
-        self.remove_workspaces();
+        self.remove_parent_workspaces();
         self.remove_unwanted_cargo_features();
         self.remove_dependencies();
         self.apply_patches();
@@ -237,13 +237,9 @@ impl<'a> TomlTweaker<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-    fn remove_workspaces(&mut self) {
+    fn remove_parent_workspaces(&mut self) {
         let krate = self.krate.to_string();
 
-        if self.table.remove("workspace").is_some() {
-            info!("removed workspace from {}", krate);
-        }
-
         // Eliminate parent workspaces
         if let Some(&mut Value::Table(ref mut package)) = self.table.get_mut("package") {
             if package.remove("workspace").is_some() {
@@ -467,6 +463,9 @@ mod tests {
 
             [target."cfg(unix)".dependencies]
             quux = { version = "1.0" }
+
+            [workspace]
+            members = []
         };
 
         let krate = Crate::local("/dev/null".as_ref());
diff --git a/tests/buildtest/crates/cargo-workspace/Cargo.lock b/tests/buildtest/crates/cargo-workspace/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bda135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/buildtest/crates/cargo-workspace/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+[[package]]
+name = "world"
+version = "0.1.0"
diff --git a/tests/buildtest/crates/cargo-workspace/Cargo.toml b/tests/buildtest/crates/cargo-workspace/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd9cf16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/buildtest/crates/cargo-workspace/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[workspace]
+members = ["world"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/buildtest/crates/cargo-workspace/world/Cargo.toml b/tests/buildtest/crates/cargo-workspace/world/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e9837b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/buildtest/crates/cargo-workspace/world/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[package]
+name = "world"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Skgland <bb-github@t-online.de>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
diff --git a/tests/buildtest/crates/cargo-workspace/world/src/main.rs b/tests/buildtest/crates/cargo-workspace/world/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7a11a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/buildtest/crates/cargo-workspace/world/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello, world!");
+}
diff --git a/tests/buildtest/mod.rs b/tests/buildtest/mod.rs
index 2c52235..a76fa8a 100644
--- a/tests/buildtest/mod.rs
+++ b/tests/buildtest/mod.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,21 @@ fn test_cargo_config() {
     });
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_cargo_workspace() {
+    runner::run("cargo-workspace", |run| {
+        run.build(SandboxBuilder::new().enable_networking(false), |build| {
+            let storage = rustwide::logging::LogStorage::new(LevelFilter::Info);
+            rustwide::logging::capture(&storage, || -> Result<_, Error> {
+                build.cargo().args(&["run"]).run()?;
+                Ok(())
+            })?;
+            Ok(())
+        })?;
+        Ok(())
+    });
+}
+
 test_prepare_error!(
     test_missing_cargotoml,
     "missing-cargotoml",