diff --git a/api/Pipfile b/api/Pipfile
index 2aec7f99648..a7b60e79f7b 100644
--- a/api/Pipfile
+++ b/api/Pipfile
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ djangorestframework = "~=3.14"
 drf-spectacular = "*"
 elasticsearch-dsl = "~=7.4"
 future = "~=0.18"
-gunicorn = "~=21.2"
 limit = "~=0.2"
 Pillow = "~=10.0"
 psycopg2 = "~=2.9"
diff --git a/api/Pipfile.lock b/api/Pipfile.lock
index 7390c03195c..5425bc9615a 100644
--- a/api/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/api/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "4cba18715c45cebc940583daa8724c478084e2e89d9ac296c9fb8393e79bc1ed"
+            "sha256": "cf0e53b4aa0e1d9d0a2b16d8cebff02cad6cbd6a16b8a059bded5eece3db701b"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -568,14 +568,6 @@
             "index": "pypi",
             "version": "==0.18.3"
         },
-        "gunicorn": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:3213aa5e8c24949e792bcacfc176fef362e7aac80b76c56f6b5122bf350722f0",
-                "sha256:88ec8bff1d634f98e61b9f65bc4bf3cd918a90806c6f5c48bc5603849ec81033"
-            ],
-            "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==21.2.0"
-        },
         "h11": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:8f19fbbe99e72420ff35c00b27a34cb9937e902a8b810e2c88300c6f0a3b699d",
@@ -774,14 +766,6 @@
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
             "version": "==4.1.0"
         },
-        "packaging": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:994793af429502c4ea2ebf6bf664629d07c1a9fe974af92966e4b8d2df7edc61",
-                "sha256:a392980d2b6cffa644431898be54b0045151319d1e7ec34f0cfed48767dd334f"
-            ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
-            "version": "==23.1"
-        },
         "pillow": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:00e65f5e822decd501e374b0650146063fbb30a7264b4d2744bdd7b913e0cab5",