diff --git a/packages/protocol-parser/package.json b/packages/protocol-parser/package.json
index 1c7a511e13..d477df1bd8 100644
--- a/packages/protocol-parser/package.json
+++ b/packages/protocol-parser/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
     "test:ci": "pnpm run test"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@ark/util": "catalog:",
     "@latticexyz/common": "workspace:*",
     "@latticexyz/config": "workspace:*",
     "@latticexyz/schema-type": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index e4eff90660..983dfb60ef 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -687,9 +687,6 @@ importers:
 
   packages/protocol-parser:
     dependencies:
-      '@ark/util':
-        specifier: 'catalog:'
-        version: 0.2.2
       '@latticexyz/common':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../common