diff --git a/api/base/build.gradle.kts b/api/base/build.gradle.kts
index c6cebe0ba..a6fa608cc 100644
--- a/api/base/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/api/base/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ dependencies {
         exclude(group = "com.google.guava", module = "guava")
         exclude(group = "org.lanternpowered", module = "lmbda")
     }
-    compileOnlyApi("org.jetbrains", "annotations", "23.0.0")
 }
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