diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
deleted file mode 100644
index 3428d332..00000000
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "packages/lysand-api"]
-	path = packages/lysand-api
-	url = https://github.com/lysand-org/api.git
diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index 8159ae35..6fce8675 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c73ee80e..c4475f74 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         "@inquirer/confirm": "^3.1.9",
         "@inquirer/input": "^2.1.9",
         "@json2csv/plainjs": "^7.0.6",
-        "@lysand-org/federation": "^1.1.8",
+        "@lysand-org/federation": "1.1.9",
         "@oclif/core": "^3.26.9",
         "@tufjs/canonical-json": "^2.0.0",
         "blurhash": "^2.0.5",
diff --git a/packages/lysand-api b/packages/lysand-api
deleted file mode 160000
index 69be6967..00000000
--- a/packages/lysand-api
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 69be6967bd0f0018ac5951238639f49f7c93206e
diff --git a/server/api/users/:uuid/inbox/index.ts b/server/api/users/:uuid/inbox/index.ts
index 476391f2..62794ec4 100644
--- a/server/api/users/:uuid/inbox/index.ts
+++ b/server/api/users/:uuid/inbox/index.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ import { applyConfig, debugRequest, handleZodError } from "@/api";
 import { dualLogger } from "@/loggers";
 import { errorResponse, jsonResponse, response } from "@/response";
 import { zValidator } from "@hono/zod-validator";
+import {
+    EntityValidator,
+    RequestParserHandler,
+    SignatureValidator,
+} from "@lysand-org/federation";
 import type { SocketAddress } from "bun";
 import { eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import type { Hono } from "hono";
@@ -18,11 +23,6 @@ import { config } from "~/packages/config-manager";
 import { Note } from "~/packages/database-interface/note";
 import { User } from "~/packages/database-interface/user";
 import { LogLevel, LogManager } from "~/packages/log-manager";
-import {
-    EntityValidator,
-    RequestParserHandler,
-    SignatureValidator,
-} from "~/packages/lysand-api/federation";
 
 export const meta = applyConfig({
     allowedMethods: ["POST"],