diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 0dd5bd73df..4667b20de1 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ repos:
           - asciitree
           - crc32c
           - donfig
-          - fasteners
           - numcodecs
           - numpy
           - typing_extensions
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3dc46a0f9c..ad015d03e2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     'asciitree',
     'numpy>=1.25',
-    'fasteners',
     'numcodecs>=0.10.2',
     'fsspec>2024',
     'crc32c',