diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5d6bb6d..bfe3cf2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
 ]
 keywords = ["discord", "bot", "emojis", "emoji"]
-dependencies = [
-    "json5>=0.12.0",
-]
+dependencies = []
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index dacb14f..73bedd3 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ wheels = [
 [[package]]
 name = "dismoji"
 source = { editable = "." }
-dependencies = [
-    { name = "json5" },
-]
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]
 dev = [
@@ -39,7 +36,6 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [package.metadata]
-requires-dist = [{ name = "json5", specifier = ">=0.12.0" }]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 dev = [
@@ -58,15 +54,6 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2c/e1/e6716421ea10d38022b952c159d5161ca1193197fb744506875fbb87ea7b/iniconfig-2.1.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:9deba5723312380e77435581c6bf4935c94cbfab9b1ed33ef8d238ea168eb760", size = 6050 },
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "json5"
-version = "0.12.0"
-source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/12/be/c6c745ec4c4539b25a278b70e29793f10382947df0d9efba2fa09120895d/json5-0.12.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0b4b6ff56801a1c7dc817b0241bca4ce474a0e6a163bfef3fc594d3fd263ff3a", size = 51907 }
-wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/41/9f/3500910d5a98549e3098807493851eeef2b89cdd3032227558a104dfe926/json5-0.12.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:6d37aa6c08b0609f16e1ec5ff94697e2cbbfbad5ac112afa05794da9ab7810db", size = 36079 },
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nodejs-wheel-binaries"
 version = "22.14.0"