diff --git a/common/volatilePackages.js b/common/volatilePackages.js
index 936c0be5..355659c5 100644
--- a/common/volatilePackages.js
+++ b/common/volatilePackages.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ const volatilePackages = [
   '@aws-sdk/rds-signer',
   'activedirectory2',
   'axios',
-  'bufferutil',
   'ssh2',
 ];
 
diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index 8f93af83..72d5687b 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "async-lock": "^1.2.6",
     "axios": "^0.21.1",
     "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
-    "bufferutil": "^4.0.1",
     "byline": "^5.0.0",
     "compare-versions": "^3.6.0",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a9d4f988..2e05327e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3471,13 +3471,6 @@ buffer@^6.0.3:
     base64-js "^1.3.1"
     ieee754 "^1.2.1"
 
-bufferutil@^4.0.1:
-  version "4.0.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bufferutil/-/bufferutil-4.0.8.tgz#1de6a71092d65d7766c4d8a522b261a6e787e8ea"
-  integrity sha512-4T53u4PdgsXqKaIctwF8ifXlRTTmEPJ8iEPWFdGZvcf7sbwYo6FKFEX9eNNAnzFZ7EzJAQ3CJeOtCRA4rDp7Pw==
-  dependencies:
-    node-gyp-build "^4.3.0"
-
 buildcheck@~0.0.6:
   version "0.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/buildcheck/-/buildcheck-0.0.6.tgz#89aa6e417cfd1e2196e3f8fe915eb709d2fe4238"
@@ -8841,11 +8834,6 @@ node-cron@^2.0.3:
     opencollective-postinstall "^2.0.0"
     tz-offset "0.0.1"
 
-node-gyp-build@^4.3.0:
-  version "4.8.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-gyp-build/-/node-gyp-build-4.8.1.tgz#976d3ad905e71b76086f4f0b0d3637fe79b6cda5"
-  integrity sha512-OSs33Z9yWr148JZcbZd5WiAXhh/n9z8TxQcdMhIOlpN9AhWpLfvVFO73+m77bBABQMaY9XSvIa+qk0jlI7Gcaw==
-
 node-gyp@^7.1.0:
   version "7.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-gyp/-/node-gyp-7.1.2.tgz#21a810aebb187120251c3bcec979af1587b188ae"