diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1f91dbd32..e4fc7bed0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4599,7 +4599,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "pyo3",
  "pyo3-build-config",
  "pyo3-file",
- "vcpkg",
  "yara-x",
 ]
 
diff --git a/py/Cargo.toml b/py/Cargo.toml
index 7bf00c5a8..4ae73e367 100644
--- a/py/Cargo.toml
+++ b/py/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ pyo3-file = "0.7.0"
 
 protobuf-json-mapping = { workspace = true }
 yara-x = { workspace = true }
-vcpkg = "0.2.15"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 pyo3-build-config = "0.19.2"
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