diff --git a/libs/cli/pyproject.toml b/libs/cli/pyproject.toml
index 89f5693c9..bada628b6 100644
--- a/libs/cli/pyproject.toml
+++ b/libs/cli/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ path = "langgraph_cli/__init__.py"
 inmem = [
     "langgraph-api>=0.5.35,<0.8.0 ; python_version >= '3.11'",
     "langgraph-runtime-inmem>=0.7 ; python_version >= '3.11'",
-    "python-dotenv>=0.8.0",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]