diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5cf1432d0..3759d7896 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "resampy~=0.4.3",
     "soxr~=0.5.0",
     "openai>=1.74.0,<2",
-    # Explicit dependency pins for Python 3.11+ compatibility
-    "numba>=0.60.0,<1",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index c132b7e50..a83306cc1 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -4029,7 +4029,6 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "loguru" },
     { name = "markdown" },
     { name = "nltk" },
-    { name = "numba" },
     { name = "numpy" },
     { name = "openai" },
     { name = "pillow" },
@@ -4270,7 +4269,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "mlx-whisper", marker = "extra == 'mlx-whisper'", specifier = "~=0.4.2" },
     { name = "nltk", specifier = ">=3.9.1,<4" },
     { name = "noisereduce", marker = "extra == 'noisereduce'", specifier = "~=3.0.3" },
-    { name = "numba", specifier = ">=0.60.0,<1" },
     { name = "numpy", specifier = ">=1.26.4,<3" },
     { name = "nvidia-riva-client", marker = "extra == 'riva'", specifier = "~=2.21.1" },
     { name = "onnxruntime", marker = "extra == 'silero'", specifier = "~=1.20.1" },