diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cae4fd7..d841c4d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,24 +26,9 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
-    'biopython>=1.83',
-    'bofdat>=0.1.7', # but does not work like this!!! @TODO how to handle this?
-    'click>=8.1.7',
-    'cobra>=0.27.0',
-    'matplotlib >= 3.8.2',
-    #'MCC@git+https://github.com/Biomathsys/MassChargeCuration', # @TODO test if it works
-    'multiprocess>=0.70.16',
-    'memote>=0.14.0',
-    'numpy>=1.26.3',
-    'pandas>=1.5.3',
-    'python-libsbml>=5.20.2',
-    'pyyaml>=6.0.1',
-    # 'refinegems>=2.0',
+    # 'refinegems>=2.0', # has all other needed dependancies
     'requests>=2.32.2',
-    'seaborn>=0.13.2',
-    # 'sboannotator' # @TODO wait for future update
     'tqdm>=4.66.1',
-    'z3-solver>=4.12.5'
 ]
 # @TODO
 # additional missing tools: