diff --git a/apps/server/package.json b/apps/server/package.json
index 685dcd4a0..30a9faefa 100644
--- a/apps/server/package.json
+++ b/apps/server/package.json
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
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     "fs-extra": "11.3.0",      
     "escape-html": "1.0.3",    
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b097ca4d8..c65cba4a2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@
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-            "license": "Apache-2.0",
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-            },
-            "funding": {
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-                "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/streamich"
-            },
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-                "thingies": "^1.20.0"
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-                "node": ">=10.0"
-            },
-            "funding": {
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-                "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/streamich"
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-            "engines": {
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-            "funding": {
-                "type": "github",
-                "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/streamich"
-            },
-            "peerDependencies": {
-                "tslib": "2"
-            }
-        },
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             "dev": true,
@@ -5828,6 +5779,7 @@
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+            "dev": true,
             "license": "MIT"
         },
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@@ -11261,23 +11206,6 @@
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-            "license": "Apache-2.0",
-            "dependencies": {
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-                "@jsonjoy.com/util": "^1.3.0",
-                "tree-dump": "^1.0.1",
-                "tslib": "^2.0.0"
-            },
-            "engines": {
-                "node": ">= 4.0.0"
-            },
-            "funding": {
-                "type": "github",
-                "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/streamich"
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@@ -15721,16 +15649,6 @@
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@@ -15929,20 +15847,6 @@
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-            "engines": {
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-            "funding": {
-                "type": "github",
-                "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/streamich"
-            },
-            "peerDependencies": {
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@@ -17199,33 +17103,6 @@
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-                "url": "https://opencollective.com/webpack"
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