diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index a66c5782..2e5aa555 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ dependencies:
         packages:
           - &cudf_conda cudf==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - &dask_cudf_conda dask-cudf==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
-          - &distributed_ucxx_conda distributed-ucxx==0.39.*,>=0.0.0a0
+          - distributed-ucxx==0.39.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - &kvikio_conda kvikio==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - &ucx_py_conda ucx-py==0.39.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - ucx-proc=*=gpu
@@ -188,20 +188,17 @@ dependencies:
             packages:
               - cudf-cu12==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
               - dask-cudf-cu12==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
-              - distributed-ucxx-cu12==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
               - kvikio-cu12==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
               - ucx-py-cu12==0.39.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - matrix: {cuda: "11.*"}
             packages:
               - cudf-cu11==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
               - dask-cudf-cu11==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
-              - distributed-ucxx-cu12==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
               - kvikio-cu12==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0
               - ucx-py-cu11==0.39.*,>=0.0.0a0
           - matrix:
             packages:
               - *cudf_conda
               - *dask_cudf_conda
-              - *distributed_ucxx_conda
               - *kvikio_conda
               - *ucx_py_conda
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 235429a7..77fcc3c7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ docs = [
 test = [
     "cudf==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "dask-cudf==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0",
-    "distributed-ucxx==0.39.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "kvikio==24.8.*,>=0.0.0a0",
     "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",