diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cda9ea4..6984b2f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
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-      },
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@@ -4795,25 +4792,6 @@
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-      "dependencies": {
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-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": "4.x || >=6.0.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "encoding": "^0.1.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
-        "encoding": {
-          "optional": true
-        }
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-    },
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       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-int64/-/node-int64-0.4.0.tgz",
@@ -5805,11 +5783,6 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tr46/-/tr46-0.0.3.tgz",
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-    },
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@@ -6113,20 +6086,6 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-3.0.1.tgz",
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-    "node_modules/whatwg-url": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/whatwg-url/-/whatwg-url-5.0.0.tgz",
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index af69d3f..671c4de 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@
     "ts-jest": "^29.1.1",
     "typescript": "^5.2.2"
   },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "node-fetch": "^2.7.0"
-  },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsc",
     "lint": "eslint --ext .js,.ts src tests",
diff --git a/src/holidayapi.ts b/src/holidayapi.ts
index 6ea1931..dac3c1b 100644
--- a/src/holidayapi.ts
+++ b/src/holidayapi.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import fetch from 'node-fetch';
-import { URL, URLSearchParams } from 'url';
 import {
   CountriesRequest,
   CountriesResponse,