diff --git a/app/Dockerfile b/app/Dockerfile
index 8423a66..a04cfb1 100644
--- a/app/Dockerfile
+++ b/app/Dockerfile
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ COPY . .
 RUN npm install -g npm@12.0.2
 RUN npm install express@5.2.1
 RUN npm install node-fetch@3.3.2
-RUN npm install cheerio@1.2.0
 CMD ["npm", "run", "serve"]
 EXPOSE 3000
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diff --git a/app/src/search.js b/app/src/search.js
index 58d8e15..dde0836 100644
--- a/app/src/search.js
+++ b/app/src/search.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 // TODO: unit tests for business logic
 
-const cheerio = require("cheerio");
-
 function filterJson(data) {
     var filtereddata = []; 
     data.forEach(element => {