diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3b066849e..20e547b94 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -11,15 +11,4 @@
 	path = vendor/waku-rlnv2-contract
 	url = https://github.com/logos-messaging/waku-rlnv2-contract.git
 	ignore = untracked
-	branch = master
-[submodule "vendor/nim-lsquic"]
-	path = vendor/nim-lsquic
-	url = https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-lsquic
-[submodule "vendor/nim-jwt"]
-	path = vendor/nim-jwt
-	url = https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-jwt.git
-[submodule "vendor/nim-ffi"]
-	path = vendor/nim-ffi
-	url = https://github.com/logos-messaging/nim-ffi/
-	ignore = untracked
-	branch = master
+	branch = master
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/waku.nimble b/waku.nimble
index 4abd51827..0aebe88f4 100644
--- a/waku.nimble
+++ b/waku.nimble
@@ -11,29 +11,45 @@ license = "MIT or Apache License 2.0"
 #bin           = @["build/waku"]
 
 ### Dependencies
-requires "nim >= 2.2.4",
-  "chronicles",
-  "confutils",
-  "chronos",
-  "dnsdisc",
-  "eth",
-  "json_rpc",
-  "libbacktrace",
-  "nimcrypto",
-  "serialization",
-  "stew",
-  "stint",
-  "metrics",
-  "libp2p >= 1.14.3",
-  "web3",
-  "presto",
-  "regex",
-  "results",
-  "db_connector",
-  "minilru",
-  "lsquic",
-  "jwt",
-  "ffi"
+requires "nim >= 2.2.4"
+
+# Pure Nim packages - use flexible version requirements
+# Exact versions are locked via nimble.lock for reproducible builds
+requires "chronicles"
+requires "chronos"
+requires "confutils"
+requires "dnsdisc"
+requires "faststreams"
+requires "httputils"
+requires "json_rpc"
+requires "json_serialization"
+requires "serialization"
+requires "stew"
+requires "stint"
+requires "metrics"
+requires "presto"
+requires "taskpools"
+requires "testutils"
+requires "unittest2"
+requires "websock"
+requires "zlib"
+requires "toml_serialization"
+requires "minilru"
+requires "regex"
+requires "unicodedb"
+requires "results"
+requires "nimcrypto"
+requires "db_connector"
+requires "dnsclient"
+requires "nph"
+requires "ffi"
+requires "eth"
+requires "libp2p"
+requires "web3"
+requires "bearssl"
+requires "secp256k1"
+requires "nat_traversal"
+requires "sqlite3_abi"
 
 ### Helper functions
 proc buildModule(filePath, params = "", lang = "c"): bool =