diff --git a/lib/stitch.js b/lib/stitch.js
index fce4ae4..8242cad 100644
--- a/lib/stitch.js
+++ b/lib/stitch.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 (function() {
-  var CoffeeScript, Package, async, connect, defaultCompilers, extname, fs, join, normalize, _, _ref;
+  var CoffeeScript, Package, async, defaultCompilers, extname, fs, join, normalize, _, _ref;
   var __bind = function(fn, me){ return function(){ return fn.apply(me, arguments); }; };
   _ = require('underscore');
   async = require('async');
-  connect = require('connect');
   fs = require('fs');
   _ref = require('path'), extname = _ref.extname, join = _ref.join, normalize = _ref.normalize;
   defaultCompilers = {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9d0a945..dfa0d19 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
   }
 , "dependencies":
   { "async": ">=0.1.6"
-  , "connect": ">=0.3.0"
   , "underscore": ">=1.1.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/stitch.coffee b/src/stitch.coffee
index cceb04f..b767806 100644
--- a/src/stitch.coffee
+++ b/src/stitch.coffee
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-_       = require 'underscore'
-async   = require 'async'
-connect = require 'connect'
-fs      = require 'fs'
+_     = require 'underscore'
+async = require 'async'
+fs    = require 'fs'
 
 {extname, join, normalize} = require 'path'