diff --git a/components/clp-py-utils/clp_py_utils/clp_config.py b/components/clp-py-utils/clp_py_utils/clp_config.py
index 87e0edb82d..ae19a02429 100644
--- a/components/clp-py-utils/clp_py_utils/clp_config.py
+++ b/components/clp-py-utils/clp_py_utils/clp_config.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from enum import auto
 from typing import Annotated, Any, Literal, Optional, Set, Union
 
-from dotenv import dotenv_values
 from pydantic import (
     BaseModel,
     ConfigDict,
diff --git a/components/clp-py-utils/pyproject.toml b/components/clp-py-utils/pyproject.toml
index cb78a1eaae..cf9ff37d04 100644
--- a/components/clp-py-utils/pyproject.toml
+++ b/components/clp-py-utils/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "mariadb>=1.0.11,<1.1.dev0",
     "mysql-connector-python>=9.4.0",
     "pydantic>=2.12.3",
-    "python-dotenv>=1.1.1",
     "python-Levenshtein>=0.27.1",
     "PyYAML>=6.0.3",
     "result>=0.17.0",
diff --git a/components/clp-py-utils/uv.lock b/components/clp-py-utils/uv.lock
index 8aaa0f6c4d..dac32c8c02 100644
--- a/components/clp-py-utils/uv.lock
+++ b/components/clp-py-utils/uv.lock
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "mariadb" },
     { name = "mysql-connector-python" },
     { name = "pydantic" },
-    { name = "python-dotenv" },
     { name = "python-levenshtein" },
     { name = "pyyaml" },
     { name = "result" },
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "mariadb", specifier = ">=1.0.11,<1.1.dev0" },
     { name = "mysql-connector-python", specifier = ">=9.4.0" },
     { name = "pydantic", specifier = ">=2.12.3" },
-    { name = "python-dotenv", specifier = ">=1.1.1" },
     { name = "python-levenshtein", specifier = ">=0.27.1" },
     { name = "pyyaml", specifier = ">=6.0.3" },
     { name = "result", specifier = ">=0.17.0" },
@@ -450,15 +448,6 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ec/57/56b9bcc3c9c6a792fcbaf139543cee77261f3651ca9da0c93f5c1221264b/python_dateutil-2.9.0.post0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a8b2bc7bffae282281c8140a97d3aa9c14da0b136dfe83f850eea9a5f7470427", size = 229892, upload-time = "2024-03-01T18:36:18.57Z" },
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "python-dotenv"
-version = "1.1.1"
-source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f6/b0/4bc07ccd3572a2f9df7e6782f52b0c6c90dcbb803ac4a167702d7d0dfe1e/python_dotenv-1.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:a8a6399716257f45be6a007360200409fce5cda2661e3dec71d23dc15f6189ab", size = 41978, upload-time = "2025-06-24T04:21:07.341Z" }
-wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/5f/ed/539768cf28c661b5b068d66d96a2f155c4971a5d55684a514c1a0e0dec2f/python_dotenv-1.1.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:31f23644fe2602f88ff55e1f5c79ba497e01224ee7737937930c448e4d0e24dc", size = 20556, upload-time = "2025-06-24T04:21:06.073Z" },
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "python-levenshtein"
 version = "0.27.1"