diff --git a/packages/upload-api/package.json b/packages/upload-api/package.json
index 90a66f626..43143c260 100644
--- a/packages/upload-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/upload-api/package.json
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@
     "is-subset": "^0.1.1",
     "mocha": "^10.2.0",
     "one-webcrypto": "git://github.com/web3-storage/one-webcrypto",
-    "p-defer": "^4.0.1",
     "typescript": "5.2.2"
   },
   "eslintConfig": {
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 92d002289..de53b6520 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -507,9 +507,6 @@ importers:
       one-webcrypto:
         specifier: git://github.com/web3-storage/one-webcrypto
         version: https://codeload.github.com/web3-storage/one-webcrypto/tar.gz/5148cd14d5489a8ac4cd38223870e02db15a2382
-      p-defer:
-        specifier: ^4.0.1
-        version: 4.0.1
       typescript:
         specifier: 5.2.2
         version: 5.2.2