diff --git a/cli/package-lock.json b/cli/package-lock.json
index 216991d8..39212cc9 100644
--- a/cli/package-lock.json
+++ b/cli/package-lock.json
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@
         "prettier": "^3.3.3",
         "sinon": "^19.0.2",
         "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
-        "typescript": "^5.1.6",
-        "why-is-node-running": "^3.2.1"
+        "typescript": "^5.1.6"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@cspotcode/source-map-support": {
@@ -3115,19 +3114,6 @@
         "node": ">= 8"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/why-is-node-running": {
-      "version": "3.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/why-is-node-running/-/why-is-node-running-3.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Tb2FUhB4vUsGQlfSquQLYkApkuPAFQXGFzxWKHHumVz2dK+X1RUm/HnID4+TfIGYJ1kTcwOaCk/buYCEJr6YjQ==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "bin": {
-        "why-is-node-running": "cli.js"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=20.11"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/word-wrap": {
       "version": "1.2.5",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/word-wrap/-/word-wrap-1.2.5.tgz",
diff --git a/cli/package.json b/cli/package.json
index b970706d..c6781a3f 100644
--- a/cli/package.json
+++ b/cli/package.json
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@
     "prettier": "^3.3.3",
     "sinon": "^19.0.2",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
-    "typescript": "^5.1.6",
-    "why-is-node-running": "^3.2.1"
+    "typescript": "^5.1.6"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@opentdf/sdk": "file:../lib/opentdf-sdk-0.2.0.tgz",
diff --git a/cli/src/cli.ts b/cli/src/cli.ts
index 389edfa5..e8196580 100644
--- a/cli/src/cli.ts
+++ b/cli/src/cli.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import whyIsNodeRunning from 'why-is-node-running' // should be your first import
-
 import { createWriteStream, openAsBlob } from 'node:fs';
 import { stat } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { Writable } from 'node:stream';
@@ -589,7 +587,6 @@ export const handleArgs = (args: string[]) => {
             }
             console.assert(accessToken, 'No access_token found');
             console.assert(!argv.dpop || dpopToken, 'DPoP requested but absent');
-            setImmediate(() => whyIsNodeRunning())
           } finally {
             client.close();
           }