diff --git a/stubs/yt-dlp/METADATA.toml b/stubs/yt-dlp/METADATA.toml
index 2c326af864af..d29f3acb0729 100644
--- a/stubs/yt-dlp/METADATA.toml
+++ b/stubs/yt-dlp/METADATA.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 version = "2026.7.4"
 upstream-repository = "https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp"
-dependencies = ["websockets"]