diff --git a/.github/security-audit-requirements.txt b/.github/security-audit-requirements.txt
index 7acbecd440..d0ef46e5f4 100644
--- a/.github/security-audit-requirements.txt
+++ b/.github/security-audit-requirements.txt
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@ pathspec==1.1.1 \
     --hash=sha256:17db5ecd524104a120e173814c90367a96a98d07c45b2e10c2f3919fff91bf5a \
     --hash=sha256:a00ce642f577bf7f473932318056212bc4f8bfdf53128c78bbd5af0b9b20b189
     # via specify-cli (pyproject.toml)
-platformdirs==4.11.0 \
-    --hash=sha256:0555d18370482847566ffabcaa53ad7c6c1c29f195989ae1ed634a05f76ea1e0 \
-    --hash=sha256:360ccded2b7fce0af0ff80cc8f5942a1c5d99b0e856033acb030bfc634709e74
-    # via specify-cli (pyproject.toml)
 pluggy==1.6.0 \
     --hash=sha256:7dcc130b76258d33b90f61b658791dede3486c3e6bfb003ee5c9bfb396dd22f3 \
     --hash=sha256:e920276dd6813095e9377c0bc5566d94c932c33b27a3e3945d8389c374dd4746
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b95c328146..46faf4fa92 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "typer>=0.24.0",
     "click>=8.2.1",
     "rich",
-    "platformdirs",
     "readchar",
     "pyyaml>=6.0",
     "packaging>=23.0",
diff --git a/src/specify_cli/__init__.py b/src/specify_cli/__init__.py
index eee6dce00b..208b8486f5 100644
--- a/src/specify_cli/__init__.py
+++ b/src/specify_cli/__init__.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # dependencies = [
 #     "typer",
 #     "rich",
-#     "platformdirs",
 #     "readchar",
 #     "json5",
 #     "pyyaml",