diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 609b2020..3c007f09 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "filelock>=3.18.0",
     "aiosqlite>=0.21.0",
     "networkx>=3.5",
-    "pathlib>=1.0.1",
     "protobuf>=6.32.0",
     "rich>=14.1.0",
     "rustworkx>=0.17.1",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index b03eb42d..50884363 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "mlx", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "mlx-lm", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "networkx", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
-    { name = "pathlib", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "protobuf", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "psutil", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
     { name = "pydantic", marker = "sys_platform == 'darwin' or sys_platform == 'linux'" },
@@ -378,7 +377,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "mlx", specifier = ">=0.29.3" },
     { name = "mlx-lm", specifier = ">=0.28.3" },
     { name = "networkx", specifier = ">=3.5" },
-    { name = "pathlib", specifier = ">=1.0.1" },
     { name = "protobuf", specifier = ">=6.32.0" },
     { name = "psutil", specifier = ">=7.0.0" },
     { name = "pydantic", specifier = ">=2.11.7" },
@@ -951,15 +949,6 @@ wheels = [
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 ]
 
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-version = "1.0.1"
-source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ac/aa/9b065a76b9af472437a0059f77e8f962fe350438b927cb80184c32f075eb/pathlib-1.0.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:6940718dfc3eff4258203ad5021090933e5c04707d5ca8cc9e73c94a7894ea9f", size = 49298, upload-time = "2014-09-03T15:41:57.18Z" }
-wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/78/f9/690a8600b93c332de3ab4a344a4ac34f00c8f104917061f779db6a918ed6/pathlib-1.0.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f35f95ab8b0f59e6d354090350b44a80a80635d22efdedfa84c7ad1cf0a74147", size = 14363, upload-time = "2022-05-04T13:37:20.585Z" },
-]
-
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 name = "platformdirs"
 version = "4.5.0"