diff --git a/backend/deps.edn b/backend/deps.edn
index a435649451..11c5ff7b7a 100644
--- a/backend/deps.edn
+++ b/backend/deps.edn
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@
 
   ;; exception printing
   io.aviso/pretty {:mvn/version "0.1.37"}
-
-  mount/mount {:mvn/version "0.1.16"}
   environ/environ {:mvn/version "1.2.0"}}
  :paths ["src" "resources" "../common" "common"]
  :aliases
diff --git a/backend/src/app/config.clj b/backend/src/app/config.clj
index d90baa02b2..8a955b0857 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/config.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/config.clj
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
    [app.util.time :as dt]
    [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]
    [cuerdas.core :as str]
-   [environ.core :refer [env]]
-   [mount.core :refer [defstate]]))
+   [environ.core :refer [env]]))
 
 (def defaults
   {:http-server-port 6060
diff --git a/backend/src/app/media_storage.clj b/backend/src/app/media_storage.clj
index 85f9f9c754..7def22f9c2 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/media_storage.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/media_storage.clj
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
    [app.common.spec :as us]
    [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]
    [app.config :refer [config]]
-   [app.util.storage :as ust]
-   [mount.core :refer [defstate]]))
+   [app.util.storage :as ust]))
 
 (s/def ::media-directory ::us/not-empty-string)
 (s/def ::media-uri ::us/not-empty-string)