diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8304f2084c..6655f43e26 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "sentry-sdk",
   "setproctitle",
   "jeepney",
-  "pillow",
   "zstandard",  # this can go once we're on Python 3.14+
 
   # ui
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index ea0c123645..e6d8320f2c 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -607,7 +607,6 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "inputs" },
     { name = "jeepney" },
     { name = "numpy" },
-    { name = "pillow" },
     { name = "pycapnp" },
     { name = "pyjwt", extra = ["crypto"] },
     { name = "pyzmq" },
@@ -678,7 +677,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "numpy", specifier = ">=2.0" },
     { name = "opendbc", marker = "extra == 'submodules'", editable = "opendbc_repo" },
     { name = "pandacan", marker = "extra == 'submodules'", editable = "panda" },
-    { name = "pillow" },
     { name = "pycapnp", specifier = "==2.1.0" },
     { name = "pyjwt", extras = ["crypto"] },
     { name = "pytest", marker = "extra == 'testing'" },