diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b315a4dd..09e3e86a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
     "chai-as-promised": "^8.0.0",
     "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "^9.0.0",
     "mocha": "^11.0.1",
-    "rimraf": "^5.0.0",
     "semantic-release": "^24.0.0",
     "sinon": "^21.0.0",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.1",