diff --git a/apps/api/package.json b/apps/api/package.json
index f4ac48ff..1ccfee5e 100644
--- a/apps/api/package.json
+++ b/apps/api/package.json
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@
     "mongoose": "^8.4.4",
     "natural": "^7.0.7",
     "openai": "^4.57.0",
-    "pdf-parse": "^1.1.1",
     "pos": "^0.4.2",
     "posthog-node": "^4.0.1",
     "promptable": "^0.0.10",
diff --git a/apps/api/pnpm-lock.yaml b/apps/api/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 68d43655..9014c42e 100644
--- a/apps/api/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/apps/api/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -158,9 +158,6 @@ importers:
       openai:
         specifier: ^4.57.0
         version: 4.57.0(zod@3.23.8)
-      pdf-parse:
-        specifier: ^1.1.1
-        version: 1.1.1
       pos:
         specifier: ^0.4.2
         version: 0.4.2
@@ -8927,7 +8924,8 @@ snapshots:
 
   node-domexception@1.0.0: {}
 
-  node-ensure@0.0.0: {}
+  node-ensure@0.0.0:
+    optional: true
 
   node-fetch@2.7.0:
     dependencies:
@@ -9157,6 +9155,7 @@ snapshots:
       node-ensure: 0.0.0
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
+    optional: true
 
   peberminta@0.9.0: {}