diff --git a/api/Pipfile b/api/Pipfile
index 46029cd9d8b..a0f0ba6c609 100644
--- a/api/Pipfile
+++ b/api/Pipfile
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ Pillow = "~=10.0"
 psycopg2 = "~=2.9"
 python-decouple = "~=3.8"
 python-xmp-toolkit = "~=2.0"
-redlock-py = "~=1.0"
 requests-oauthlib = "~=1.3"
 sentry-sdk = "~=1.30"
 django-split-settings = "*"
diff --git a/api/Pipfile.lock b/api/Pipfile.lock
index 8cbec45d370..6526e138a71 100644
--- a/api/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/api/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "ca6ec379595b089de6af8a4fc4eeb7e0075a5bbf424715be5b9e4f723ed9d54f"
+            "sha256": "902804329d1a1062c542fcd3768b500962a96f04faf9ca0d48d6a28ac4aa182f"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -906,13 +906,6 @@
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
             "version": "==5.0.0"
         },
-        "redlock-py": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:0b8722c4843ddeabc2fc1dd37c05859e0da29fbce3bd1f6ecc73c98396f139ac"
-            ],
-            "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==1.0.8"
-        },
         "referencing": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:449b6669b6121a9e96a7f9e410b245d471e8d48964c67113ce9afe50c8dd7bdf",