diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index e29a4e2e..153c977d 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-basic-auth": "^1.2.0",
     "express-fileupload": "^1.2.0",
-    "express-sse": "^0.5.3",
     "fs-extra": "^9.1.0",
     "fs-reverse": "^0.0.3",
     "get-port": "^5.1.1",
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@
     "node-ssh-forward": "^0.7.2",
     "portfinder": "^1.0.28",
     "simple-encryptor": "^4.0.0",
-    "socket.io": "^2.3.0",
     "tar": "^6.0.5",
     "uuid": "^3.4.0"
   },
diff --git a/packages/api/src/main.js b/packages/api/src/main.js
index 07f7504d..858139b7 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/main.js
+++ b/packages/api/src/main.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 const fileUpload = require('express-fileupload');
 const http = require('http');
 const cors = require('cors');
-// const io = require('socket.io');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const getPort = require('get-port');
 const childProcessChecker = require('./utility/childProcessChecker');
@@ -44,11 +43,6 @@ function start() {
 
   const server = http.createServer(app);
 
-  // const sse = new SSE();
-  // app.get('/stream', sse.init);
-  // socket.set(sse);
-  // socket.set(io(server));
-
   if (process.env.LOGIN && process.env.PASSWORD) {
     app.use(
       basicAuth({
@@ -97,16 +91,6 @@ function start() {
     // Tell the client to retry every 10 seconds if connectivity is lost
     res.write('retry: 10000\n\n');
     socket.set(res);
-
-    // let count = 0;
-
-    // while (true) {
-    //   await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 1000));
-
-    //   console.log("Emit", ++count);
-    //   // Emit an SSE that contains the current 'count' as a string
-    //   res.write(`event: ping\ndata: ${JSON.stringify({ count })}\n\n`);
-    // }
   });
 
   app.use(bodyParser.json({ limit: '50mb' }));
diff --git a/packages/web/package.json b/packages/web/package.json
index 3187a2c1..444f47fb 100644
--- a/packages/web/package.json
+++ b/packages/web/package.json
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     "rollup-plugin-terser": "^7.0.0",
     "rollup-plugin-web-worker-loader": "^1.6.1",
     "sirv-cli": "^1.0.0",
-    "socket.io-client": "^2.3.0",
     "sql-formatter": "^2.3.3",
     "svelte": "^3.43.0",
     "svelte-check": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/patches/socket.io+2.3.0.patch b/patches/socket.io+2.3.0.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f8c3477a..00000000
--- a/patches/socket.io+2.3.0.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/node_modules/socket.io/lib/index.js b/node_modules/socket.io/lib/index.js
-index 5287e4e..2f4330d 100644
---- a/node_modules/socket.io/lib/index.js
-+++ b/node_modules/socket.io/lib/index.js
-@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@ Server.prototype.serveClient = function(v){
-     }
-     return require.resolve(file);
-   };
--  if (v && !clientSource) {
--    clientSource = read(resolvePath( 'socket.io-client/dist/socket.io.js'), 'utf-8');
--    try {
--      clientSourceMap = read(resolvePath( 'socket.io-client/dist/socket.io.js.map'), 'utf-8');
--    } catch(err) {
--      debug('could not load sourcemap file');
--    }
--  }
-+//  if (v && !clientSource) {
-+//    clientSource = read(resolvePath( 'socket.io-client/dist/socket.io.js'), 'utf-8');
-+//    try {
-+//      clientSourceMap = read(resolvePath( 'socket.io-client/dist/socket.io.js.map'), 'utf-8');
-+//    } catch(err) {
-+//      debug('could not load sourcemap file');
-+//    }
-+//  }
-   return this;
- };
- 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4d094988..8534c684 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4032,11 +4032,6 @@ express-fileupload@^1.2.0:
   dependencies:
     busboy "^0.3.1"
 
-express-sse@^0.5.3:
-  version "0.5.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/express-sse/-/express-sse-0.5.3.tgz#6e6cb1a85ef7b6ec1eb658e37e923907c482bd31"
-  integrity sha512-DJF0nofFGq0IXJLGq95hfrryP3ZprVAVpyZUnmAk6QhHnm7zCzsHBNFP0i4FKFo2XjOf+JiYUKjT7jQhIeljpg==
-
 express@^4.17.1:
   version "4.17.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/express/-/express-4.17.1.tgz#4491fc38605cf51f8629d39c2b5d026f98a4c134"
@@ -9551,7 +9546,7 @@ socket.io-adapter@~1.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/socket.io-adapter/-/socket.io-adapter-1.1.2.tgz#ab3f0d6f66b8fc7fca3959ab5991f82221789be9"
   integrity sha512-WzZRUj1kUjrTIrUKpZLEzFZ1OLj5FwLlAFQs9kuZJzJi5DKdU7FsWc36SNmA8iDOtwBQyT8FkrriRM8vXLYz8g==
 
-socket.io-client@2.3.0, socket.io-client@^2.3.0:
+socket.io-client@2.3.0:
   version "2.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/socket.io-client/-/socket.io-client-2.3.0.tgz#14d5ba2e00b9bcd145ae443ab96b3f86cbcc1bb4"
   integrity sha512-cEQQf24gET3rfhxZ2jJ5xzAOo/xhZwK+mOqtGRg5IowZsMgwvHwnf/mCRapAAkadhM26y+iydgwsXGObBB5ZdA==