diff --git a/packages/backend-app-api/package.json b/packages/backend-app-api/package.json
index 76261adcd2..588a969390 100644
--- a/packages/backend-app-api/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-app-api/package.json
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@
     "@backstage/plugin-permission-node": "workspace:^",
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^",
     "@manypkg/get-packages": "^1.1.3",
-    "@types/cors": "^2.8.6",
-    "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
     "compression": "^1.7.4",
     "cookie": "^0.6.0",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e34246fd58..edab1f5580 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3478,8 +3478,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@backstage/types": "workspace:^"
     "@manypkg/get-packages": ^1.1.3
     "@types/compression": ^1.7.0
-    "@types/cors": ^2.8.6
-    "@types/express": ^4.17.6
     "@types/fs-extra": ^11.0.0
     "@types/http-errors": ^2.0.0
     "@types/minimist": ^1.2.0