diff --git a/packages/web_apps/setup.cfg b/packages/web_apps/setup.cfg
index 4b5f5045e85..6faaa966b14 100644
--- a/packages/web_apps/setup.cfg
+++ b/packages/web_apps/setup.cfg
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ install_requires =
     Babel
     Cheetah3!=3.2.6.post2
     fastapi>=0.71.0,!=0.89.0,<0.99
-    fastapi-utils
     gunicorn
     gxformat2
     importlib-resources;python_version<'3.9'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 625d4319516..fc89c641381 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ docutils = "!=0.17, !=0.17.1"
 dparse = "*"
 edam-ontology = "*"
 fastapi = ">=0.71.0, !=0.89.0, <0.99"  # https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/issues/4041 https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/issues/5861
-fastapi-utils = "*"
 fs = "*"
 future = "*"
 galaxy_sequence_utils = "*"