diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9332f50b..76a28eb2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - remove unused dependencies
   - acorn
+  - kind-of
 
 ## 0.12.1 2025-09-18
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4c46453e..ae56651b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
         "js-yaml": "^3.13.1",
         "json-pointer": "^0.6.2",
         "json-refs": "^3.0.15",
-        "kind-of": "^6.0.3",
         "lodash": "^4.17.21",
         "minimist": "^1.2.8",
         "set-value": "^4.1.0",
@@ -4572,15 +4571,6 @@
         "json-buffer": "3.0.1"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/kind-of": {
-      "version": "6.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/kind-of/-/kind-of-6.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dcS1ul+9tmeD95T+x28/ehLgd9mENa3LsvDTtzm3vyBEO7RPptvAD+t44WVXaUjTBRcrpFeFlC8WCruUR456hw==",
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=0.10.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/kleur": {
       "version": "3.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/kleur/-/kleur-3.0.3.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c7548878..fd04b221 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
     "js-yaml": "^3.13.1",
     "json-pointer": "^0.6.2",
     "json-refs": "^3.0.15",
-    "kind-of": "^6.0.3",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "minimist": "^1.2.8",
     "set-value": "^4.1.0",