diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 65f866dcaf..87d2aa4329 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@
     "prop-types": "^15.5.10",
     "react": "^15.6.0",
     "react-beautiful-dnd": "^4.0.1",
-    "react-dnd": "^2.1.4",
-    "react-dnd-html5-backend": "^2.1.2",
     "react-dom": "^15.6.0",
     "react-gemini-scrollbar": "matrix-org/react-gemini-scrollbar#5e97aef",
     "sanitize-html": "^1.11.1",