diff --git a/app/soapbox/main.js b/app/soapbox/main.js
index 3802874df..91822efef 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/main.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/main.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
 
-import './wdyr';
 import './precheck';
 // FIXME: Push notifications are temporarily removed
 // import * as registerPushNotifications from './actions/push_notifications';
diff --git a/app/soapbox/wdyr.js b/app/soapbox/wdyr.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 13470ce33..000000000
--- a/app/soapbox/wdyr.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import { NODE_ENV } from 'soapbox/build_config';
-
-if (NODE_ENV === 'development') {
-  const whyDidYouRender = require('@welldone-software/why-did-you-render');
-  whyDidYouRender(React);
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7a1ee4e28..5e4b10626 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
     "@sentry/browser": "^6.12.0",
     "@sentry/react": "^6.12.0",
     "@sentry/tracing": "^6.12.0",
-    "@welldone-software/why-did-you-render": "^6.2.0",
     "array-includes": "^3.0.3",
     "autoprefixer": "^10.0.0",
     "axios": "^0.21.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 958fca38f..1da4cb448 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2529,13 +2529,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@webpack-cli/serve/-/serve-1.5.2.tgz#ea584b637ff63c5a477f6f21604b5a205b72c9ec"
   integrity sha512-vgJ5OLWadI8aKjDlOH3rb+dYyPd2GTZuQC/Tihjct6F9GpXGZINo3Y/IVuZVTM1eDQB+/AOsjPUWH/WySDaXvw==
 
-"@welldone-software/why-did-you-render@^6.2.0":
-  version "6.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@welldone-software/why-did-you-render/-/why-did-you-render-6.2.0.tgz#a053e63f45adb57161c723dee4b005769ea1b64f"
-  integrity sha512-ViwaE09Vgb0yXzyZuGTWCmWy/nBRAEGyztMdFYuxIgmL8yoXX5TVMCfieiJGdRQQPiDUznlYmcu0lu8kN1lwtQ==
-  dependencies:
-    lodash "^4"
-
 "@xtuc/ieee754@^1.2.0":
   version "1.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@xtuc/ieee754/-/ieee754-1.2.0.tgz#eef014a3145ae477a1cbc00cd1e552336dceb790"
@@ -7811,7 +7804,7 @@ lodash.uniq@^4.5.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.uniq/-/lodash.uniq-4.5.0.tgz#d0225373aeb652adc1bc82e4945339a842754773"
   integrity sha1-0CJTc662Uq3BvILklFM5qEJ1R3M=
 
-lodash@4.x, lodash@^4, lodash@^4.17.21, lodash@^4.7.0:
+lodash@4.x, lodash@^4.17.21, lodash@^4.7.0:
   version "4.17.21"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-4.17.21.tgz#679591c564c3bffaae8454cf0b3df370c3d6911c"
   integrity sha512-v2kDEe57lecTulaDIuNTPy3Ry4gLGJ6Z1O3vE1krgXZNrsQ+LFTGHVxVjcXPs17LhbZVGedAJv8XZ1tvj5FvSg==