diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5a84d1c5..cccbf8d7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=10"
   },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "lru-cache": "^6.0.0"
-  },
   "author": "GitHub Inc.",
   "templateOSS": {
     "//@npmcli/template-oss": "This file is partially managed by @npmcli/template-oss. Edits may be overwritten.",