diff --git a/doc/plutus-doc.cabal b/doc/plutus-doc.cabal
index a0a4b3dfcbc..fdf8dcfbac5 100644
--- a/doc/plutus-doc.cabal
+++ b/doc/plutus-doc.cabal
@@ -59,23 +59,16 @@ executable doc-doctests
       base >=4.9 && <5,
       template-haskell >=2.13.0.0,
       bytestring -any,
-      cardano-api -any,
       plutus-core -any,
       plutus-tx -any,
-      plutus-ledger -any,
-      plutus-contract -any,
-      playground-common -any,
-      plutus-use-cases -any,
       prettyprinter -any,
       containers -any,
-      freer-extras -any,
       lens -any,
       serialise -any,
       QuickCheck -any,
       random -any,
       text -any,
       aeson -any,
-      plutus-chain-index
 
     if !(impl(ghcjs) || os(ghcjs))
         build-depends: plutus-tx-plugin -any