diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 141a4d2d..27c53ddb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.19.1
 	github.com/rivo/tview v0.0.0-20240625185742-b0a7293b8130
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.11.0
-	github.com/tomasen/realip v0.0.0-20180522021738-f0c99a92ddce
 	github.com/transparency-dev/formats v0.0.0-20240715203801-9ff9b9e3905f
 	github.com/transparency-dev/merkle v0.0.2
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20231006140011-7918f672742d
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 55cb0525..2c1a580d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -968,8 +968,6 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.3/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
-github.com/tomasen/realip v0.0.0-20180522021738-f0c99a92ddce h1:fb190+cK2Xz/dvi9Hv8eCYJYvIGUTN2/KLq1pT6CjEc=
-github.com/tomasen/realip v0.0.0-20180522021738-f0c99a92ddce/go.mod h1:o8v6yHRoik09Xen7gje4m9ERNah1d1PPsVq1VEx9vE4=
 github.com/transparency-dev/formats v0.0.0-20240715203801-9ff9b9e3905f h1:NKx8BtgVYeC75VJqlsdn1DAcbmSSDQCeDw8by0m6sbA=
 github.com/transparency-dev/formats v0.0.0-20240715203801-9ff9b9e3905f/go.mod h1:D/QMvgv1kz9Q1TfUcDnUcDPsiSbtLV8q8LvTCdcvygw=
 github.com/transparency-dev/merkle v0.0.2 h1:Q9nBoQcZcgPamMkGn7ghV8XiTZ/kRxn1yCG81+twTK4=