diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4584c52df0..808ddfdd9e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5501,7 +5501,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "llama-cpp-sys-2",
  "minijinja",
  "pulldown-cmark",
- "regex",
  "rmcp 3.4.1",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
diff --git a/crates/goose-local-inference/Cargo.toml b/crates/goose-local-inference/Cargo.toml
index d26ebb04a0..28aa05ed4a 100644
--- a/crates/goose-local-inference/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/goose-local-inference/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ llama-cpp-2 = { workspace = true }
 llama-cpp-sys-2 = { workspace = true }
 minijinja = { version = "2.18", default-features = false, features = ["loader", "multi_template", "serde"] }
 pulldown-cmark = { version = "0.13.4", default-features = false }
-regex = { workspace = true }
 rmcp = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }