diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index b3e799f..05c0651 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@
 ^.vscode$
 ^_pkgdown.yml$
 ^LICENSE$
-dependencies.yml
 ^\.github
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 7028378..8ae2c0d 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Imports:
     purrr (>= 0.3.4),
     dplyr (>= 1.0.3),
     dv.filter (>= 1.0.0),
+    dv.loader (>= 1.0.0),
     lubridate (>= 1.7.9.2),
     shinymeta (>= 0.2.0.1),
     shinyjs (>= 2.0.0),
@@ -45,4 +46,5 @@ Suggests:
 Config/testthat/edition: 3
 Config/testthat/parallel: false
 Depends: R (>= 4.0.0)
+Remotes: boehringer-ingelheim/dv.filter@main, boehringer-ingelheim/dv.loader@main    
 VignetteBuilder: knitr
diff --git a/dependencies.yml b/dependencies.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e8e9af9..0000000
--- a/dependencies.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# use pak source reference to define fluid dependencies
-# https://pak.r-lib.org/reference/pak_package_sources.html
-
-dependencies:
-  dv.filter:
-    repo: github::boehringer-ingelheim/dv.filter@main
-  dv.loader:
-    repo: github::boehringer-ingelheim/dv.loader@main