diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/canvas.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/canvas.ts
index 369585936..962a7ff4a 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/canvas.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/canvas.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export default class ExcalidrawTypeWidget extends TypeWidget {
 
         // currently required by excalidraw, in order to allows self-hosting fonts locally.
         // this avoids making excalidraw load the fonts from an external CDN.
-        (window as any).EXCALIDRAW_ASSET_PATH = `${window.location.origin}/${asset_path}/app-dist/excalidraw/`;
+        (window as any).EXCALIDRAW_ASSET_PATH = `${new URL(import.meta.url).origin}/node_modules/@excalidraw/excalidraw/dist/prod`;
 
         // temporary vars
         this.currentNoteId = "";
diff --git a/apps/client/vite.config.ts b/apps/client/vite.config.ts
index 83bc0a6fc..ae2762f69 100644
--- a/apps/client/vite.config.ts
+++ b/apps/client/vite.config.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ export default defineConfig(() => ({
                 src: `src/${asset}/**/*`,
                 dest: asset
             }))
+        }),
+        viteStaticCopy({
+            structured: true,
+            targets: [
+                {
+                    src: "node_modules/@excalidraw/excalidraw/dist/prod/fonts/*",
+                    dest: "",
+                }
+            ]
         })
     ],
     // Uncomment this if you are using workers.
diff --git a/apps/server/package.json b/apps/server/package.json
index 5895621f6..8947ee2f8 100644
--- a/apps/server/package.json
+++ b/apps/server/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@electron/remote": "2.1.2",
-    "@excalidraw/excalidraw": "0.18.0",
     "@types/archiver": "6.0.3",
     "@types/better-sqlite3": "7.6.13",
     "@types/cls-hooked": "4.3.9",
diff --git a/apps/server/src/routes/assets.ts b/apps/server/src/routes/assets.ts
index eda10773b..e712b31b4 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/assets.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/assets.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ async function register(app: express.Application) {
         app.use(`/${assetPath}/translations/`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(resourceDir, "public", "translations")));
         app.use(`/${assetPath}/images`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(resourceDir, "assets", "images")));
         app.use(`/${assetPath}/app-dist/doc_notes`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(resourceDir, "assets", "doc_notes")));
-        app.use(`/${assetPath}/app-dist/excalidraw/fonts`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(resourceDir, "node_modules/@excalidraw/excalidraw/dist/prod/fonts")));
     }
     app.use(`/assets/vX/fonts`, express.static(path.join(srcRoot, "public/fonts")));
     app.use(`/assets/vX/images`, express.static(path.join(srcRoot, "..", "images")));
@@ -48,9 +47,6 @@ async function register(app: express.Application) {
 
     const nodeModulesDir = isDev ? path.join(srcRoot, "..", "node_modules") : path.join(resourceDir, "node_modules");
 
-    app.use(`/node_modules/@excalidraw/excalidraw/dist/fonts/`, express.static(path.join(nodeModulesDir, "@excalidraw/excalidraw/dist/prod/fonts/")));
-    app.use(`/${assetPath}/node_modules/@excalidraw/excalidraw/dist/fonts/`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(nodeModulesDir, "@excalidraw/excalidraw/dist/prod/fonts/")));
-
     app.use(`/${assetPath}/node_modules/jquery/dist/`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(nodeModulesDir, "jquery/dist/")));
 
     app.use(`/${assetPath}/node_modules/jquery-hotkeys/`, persistentCacheStatic(path.join(nodeModulesDir, "jquery-hotkeys/")));
diff --git a/apps/server/webpack.config.cjs b/apps/server/webpack.config.cjs
index e2baf752e..6b9711675 100644
--- a/apps/server/webpack.config.cjs
+++ b/apps/server/webpack.config.cjs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ function buildFilesToCopy() {
   });
 
   const nodePaths = [
-    "@excalidraw/excalidraw/dist/prod/fonts/",
     "jquery/dist",
     "jquery-hotkeys",
     "jquery.fancytree/dist",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 78b1cad4d..d1a47c03c 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -500,9 +500,6 @@ importers:
       '@electron/remote':
         specifier: 2.1.2
         version: 2.1.2(electron@36.2.1)
-      '@excalidraw/excalidraw':
-        specifier: 0.18.0
-        version: 0.18.0(@types/react-dom@19.1.5(@types/react@19.1.4))(@types/react@19.1.4)(react-dom@19.1.0(react@19.1.0))(react@19.1.0)
       '@triliumnext/commons':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../../packages/commons