diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e3c9a03..c4038c4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "grpcio==1.62.2",
   "grpcio-health-checking==1.62.2",
   "grpcio-reflection==1.62.2",
-  "transformers==4.42.4",
   "accelerate==0.32.1",
   "hf-transfer==0.1.6",
   # additional dependencies for OpenTelemetry tracing