diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0b5dc5149..9d23198a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -137,15 +137,6 @@
       <version>31.1-jre</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>dev.openfeature.contrib.providers</groupId>
-      <artifactId>flagd</artifactId>
-      <!-- TODO: update this version -->
-      <version>0.3.2</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
   </dependencies>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/integration/StepDefinitions.java b/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/integration/StepDefinitions.java
index a6c6094a2..39147565a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/integration/StepDefinitions.java
+++ b/src/test/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/integration/StepDefinitions.java
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
-import dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagd.FlagdProvider;
+// import dev.openfeature.contrib.providers.flagd.FlagdProvider;
 import dev.openfeature.sdk.Client;
 import dev.openfeature.sdk.EvaluationContext;
 import dev.openfeature.sdk.FlagEvaluationDetails;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class StepDefinitions {
 
     @BeforeAll()
     public static void setup() {
-        OpenFeatureAPI.getInstance().setProvider(new FlagdProvider());
+        // OpenFeatureAPI.getInstance().setProvider(new FlagdProvider());
         client = OpenFeatureAPI.getInstance().getClient();
     }