diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 3e61801c3..c4c3a61b7 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ Imports:
     rlang (>= 1.1.0),
     rprojroot (>= 2.1.1),
     rstudioapi,
-    stats,
-    tools,
-    utils,
     whisker,
     withr (>= 2.3.0),
     yaml