diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae1f5f365..41bd1d4ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -176,16 +176,6 @@ You can also cognify your files and query using cognee UI.
 
 <img src="assets/cognee-new-ui.webp" width="100%" alt="Cognee UI 2"></a>
 
-### Installation for UI
-
-To use the cognee UI with full functionality, you need to install cognee with API dependencies:
-
-```bash
-pip install 'cognee[api]'
-```
-
-The UI requires backend server functionality (uvicorn and other API dependencies) which are not included in the default cognee installation to keep it lightweight.
-
 ### Running the UI
 
 Try cognee UI by running ``` cognee-cli -ui ``` command on your terminal.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0c34d8ee1..9e6bbe896 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -62,14 +62,13 @@ dependencies = [
     "pylance>=0.22.0,<1.0.0",
     "kuzu (==0.11.0)",
     "python-magic-bin<0.5 ; platform_system == 'Windows'", # Only needed for Windows
-]
-
-[project.optional-dependencies]
-api = [
     "uvicorn>=0.34.0,<1.0.0",
     "gunicorn>=20.1.0,<24",
     "websockets>=15.0.1,<16.0.0"
 ]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+api=[]
 distributed = [
     "modal>=1.0.5,<2.0.0",
 ]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 7e3d536d9..327e60ec1 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "fastapi" },
     { name = "fastapi-users", extra = ["sqlalchemy"] },
     { name = "filetype" },
+    { name = "gunicorn" },
     { name = "instructor" },
     { name = "jinja2" },
     { name = "kuzu" },
@@ -856,17 +857,14 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "structlog" },
     { name = "tiktoken" },
     { name = "typing-extensions" },
+    { name = "uvicorn" },
+    { name = "websockets" },
 ]
 
 [package.optional-dependencies]
 anthropic = [
     { name = "anthropic" },
 ]
-api = [
-    { name = "gunicorn" },
-    { name = "uvicorn" },
-    { name = "websockets" },
-]
 aws = [
     { name = "s3fs", extra = ["boto3"] },
 ]
@@ -993,7 +991,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "google-generativeai", marker = "extra == 'gemini'", specifier = ">=0.8.4,<0.9" },
     { name = "graphiti-core", marker = "extra == 'graphiti'", specifier = ">=0.7.0,<0.8" },
     { name = "groq", marker = "extra == 'groq'", specifier = ">=0.8.0,<1.0.0" },
-    { name = "gunicorn", marker = "extra == 'api'", specifier = ">=20.1.0,<24" },
+    { name = "gunicorn", specifier = ">=20.1.0,<24" },
     { name = "instructor", specifier = ">=1.9.1,<2.0.0" },
     { name = "jinja2", specifier = ">=3.1.3,<4" },
     { name = "kuzu", specifier = "==0.11.0" },
@@ -1060,8 +1058,8 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "tweepy", marker = "extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=4.14.0,<5.0.0" },
     { name = "typing-extensions", specifier = ">=4.12.2,<5.0.0" },
     { name = "unstructured", extras = ["csv", "doc", "docx", "epub", "md", "odt", "org", "ppt", "pptx", "rst", "rtf", "tsv", "xlsx"], marker = "extra == 'docs'", specifier = ">=0.18.1,<19" },
-    { name = "uvicorn", marker = "extra == 'api'", specifier = ">=0.34.0,<1.0.0" },
-    { name = "websockets", marker = "extra == 'api'", specifier = ">=15.0.1,<16.0.0" },
+    { name = "uvicorn", specifier = ">=0.34.0,<1.0.0" },
+    { name = "websockets", specifier = ">=15.0.1,<16.0.0" },
 ]
 provides-extras = ["api", "distributed", "neo4j", "neptune", "postgres", "postgres-binary", "notebook", "langchain", "llama-index", "gemini", "huggingface", "ollama", "mistral", "anthropic", "deepeval", "posthog", "falkordb", "groq", "chromadb", "docs", "codegraph", "evals", "gui", "graphiti", "aws", "dev", "debug"]