diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index 77072f697f..793e7d5332 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ sqlalchemy==2.0.38
 alembic==1.14.0
 peewee==3.18.1
 peewee-migrate==1.12.2
-sqlcipher3-wheels==0.5.4
 psycopg2-binary==2.9.9
 pgvector==0.4.0
 PyMySQL==1.1.1