diff --git a/build-tests/api-extractor-scenarios/package.json b/build-tests/api-extractor-scenarios/package.json
index e90c285149f..602646bfbce 100644
--- a/build-tests/api-extractor-scenarios/package.json
+++ b/build-tests/api-extractor-scenarios/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     "api-extractor-lib3-test": "workspace:*",
     "api-extractor-lib4-test": "workspace:*",
     "api-extractor-lib5-test": "workspace:*",
-    "colors": "~1.2.1",
     "local-node-rig": "workspace:*"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/common/config/rush/browser-approved-packages.json b/common/config/rush/browser-approved-packages.json
index 64c497e90f4..7a5edb8f445 100644
--- a/common/config/rush/browser-approved-packages.json
+++ b/common/config/rush/browser-approved-packages.json
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
       "name": "@lifaon/path",
       "allowedCategories": [ "libraries" ]
     },
-    {
-      "name": "@microsoft/rush-sdk",
-      "allowedCategories": [ "tests" ]
-    },
     {
       "name": "@radix-ui/colors",
       "allowedCategories": [ "libraries" ]
@@ -54,10 +50,6 @@
       "name": "axios",
       "allowedCategories": [ "libraries" ]
     },
-    {
-      "name": "colors",
-      "allowedCategories": [ "tests" ]
-    },
     {
       "name": "dependency-path",
       "allowedCategories": [ "libraries" ]
diff --git a/common/config/subspaces/default/pnpm-lock.yaml b/common/config/subspaces/default/pnpm-lock.yaml
index cbcb488fca5..81cebba0fa8 100644
--- a/common/config/subspaces/default/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/common/config/subspaces/default/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1044,9 +1044,6 @@ importers:
       api-extractor-lib5-test:
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../api-extractor-lib5-test
-      colors:
-        specifier: ~1.2.1
-        version: 1.2.5
       local-node-rig:
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../rigs/local-node-rig