diff --git a/lib/core.js b/lib/core.js
index eefdb8f..f529628 100644
--- a/lib/core.js
+++ b/lib/core.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 var sessions = require('./session'),
-    response = require('response'),
     http     = require('http');
 
 exports.session = function( request, response, callback ){
@@ -58,4 +57,4 @@ exports.magicSession = function(){
     return server;
   };  
 
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 928bfd1..fdd2941 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
       "url": "http://github.com/marak/session.js.git" 
   },
   "keywords": ["sessions", "cookies", "middleware", "session"],
-  "dependencies": {
-    "response": ">= 0.1.0"
-  },
   "main": "./lib/core",
   "engines": { "node": ">= 0.2.0" }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}