diff --git a/themes/vantablack/neovim.lua b/themes/vantablack/neovim.lua
index 60043e1f..f9d96169 100644
--- a/themes/vantablack/neovim.lua
+++ b/themes/vantablack/neovim.lua
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ return {
   {
     "bjarneo/vantablack.nvim",
     priority = 1000,
-    dependencies = {
-      "bjarneo/aether.nvim",
-      branch = "v2"
-    },
   },
   {
     "LazyVim/LazyVim",