diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f6f3b5ac..f533bfe2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "aleph-superfluid>=0.2.1",
     "eth_typing==4.3.1",
     "web3==6.3.0",
-    "aiofiles>=24.1.0",
     "base58==2.1.1", # Needed now as default with _load_account changement
     "pynacl==1.5.0" # Needed now as default with _load_account changement
 ]
diff --git a/src/aleph/sdk/utils.py b/src/aleph/sdk/utils.py
index 6a5cd403..962672c1 100644
--- a/src/aleph/sdk/utils.py
+++ b/src/aleph/sdk/utils.py
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 from uuid import UUID
 from zipfile import BadZipFile, ZipFile
 
-import aiofiles
-import base58
 from aleph_message.models import ItemHash, MessageType
 from aleph_message.models.execution.program import Encoding
 from aleph_message.models.execution.volume import MachineVolume