diff --git a/crates/ty_project/Cargo.toml b/crates/ty_project/Cargo.toml
index 74356dac24..b198c3f5e1 100644
--- a/crates/ty_project/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ty_project/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ rustc-hash = { workspace = true }
 salsa = { workspace = true }
 schemars = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
-serde_json = { workspace = true, optional = true }
+serde_json = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 toml = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ default = ["zstd"]
 deflate = ["ty_vendored/deflate"]
 schemars = [
     "dep:schemars",
-    "dep:serde_json",
     "ruff_db/schemars",
     "ruff_python_ast/schemars",
     "ty_python_semantic/schemars",