diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 497ac47..99856aa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "acorn": ">=8.5.0",
     "es6-shim": "",
     "request": "^2.74.0",
-    "tar.gz": "^1.0.7",
     "utf8": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {