diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f6583b0..d8bd758 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
         "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "6.6.1",
         "eslint-plugin-react": "7.31.11",
         "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "4.6.0",
-        "mini-svg-data-uri": "1.4.4",
         "prettier": "2.8.1",
         "sass": "1.56.2",
         "typescript": "4.9.4",
@@ -6643,15 +6642,6 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/mini-svg-data-uri": {
-      "version": "1.4.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mini-svg-data-uri/-/mini-svg-data-uri-1.4.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-r9deDe9p5FJUPZAk3A59wGH7Ii9YrjjWw0jmw/liSbHl2CHiyXj6FcDXDu2K3TjVAXqiJdaw3xxwlZZr9E6nHg==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "bin": {
-        "mini-svg-data-uri": "cli.js"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/minimatch": {
       "version": "3.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.1.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8c35e80..70dd6b5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@
     "eslint-plugin-jsx-a11y": "6.6.1",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "7.31.11",
     "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "4.6.0",
-    "mini-svg-data-uri": "1.4.4",
     "prettier": "2.8.1",
     "sass": "1.56.2",
     "typescript": "4.9.4",
diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.js
index e6ae956..f77abfc 100644
--- a/vite.config.js
+++ b/vite.config.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { vanillaExtractPlugin } from '@vanilla-extract/vite-plugin';
 import { NodeGlobalsPolyfillPlugin } from '@esbuild-plugins/node-globals-polyfill';
 import inject from '@rollup/plugin-inject';
 import topLevelAwait from 'vite-plugin-top-level-await';
-import { svgLoader } from './viteSvgLoader';
 import buildConfig from './build.config';
 
 const copyFiles = {
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
     }),
     viteStaticCopy(copyFiles),
     vanillaExtractPlugin(),
-    svgLoader(),
     wasm(),
     react(),
   ],
diff --git a/viteSvgLoader.ts b/viteSvgLoader.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a119e3e..0000000
--- a/viteSvgLoader.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import svgToMiniDataURI from 'mini-svg-data-uri';
-import type { Plugin } from 'rollup';
-import fs from 'fs';
-
-// TODO: remove this once https://github.com/vitejs/vite/pull/2909 gets merged
-export const svgLoader = (): Plugin => ({
-  name: 'vite-svg-patch-plugin',
-  transform: (code, id) => {
-    if (id.endsWith('.svg')) {
-      const extractedSvg = fs.readFileSync(id, 'utf8');
-      const datauri = svgToMiniDataURI.toSrcset(extractedSvg);
-      return `export default "${datauri}"`;
-    }
-    return code;
-  },
-});