diff --git a/packages/core/package-lock.json b/packages/core/package-lock.json
index 54931b94c..143039b13 100644
--- a/packages/core/package-lock.json
+++ b/packages/core/package-lock.json
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
         "@leeoniya/ufuzzy": "^1.0.10",
         "@microsoft/signalr": "^8.0.0",
         "@notesnook/logger": "file:../logger",
-        "@orama/stopwords": "^3.1.6",
         "@readme/data-urls": "^3.0.0",
         "@streetwriters/kysely": "^0.27.4",
         "@streetwriters/showdown": "^3.0.9-alpha",
@@ -1478,15 +1477,6 @@
       "resolved": "../logger",
       "link": true
     },
-    "node_modules/@orama/stopwords": {
-      "version": "3.1.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@orama/stopwords/-/stopwords-3.1.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-m25K03OR8/kfr63mr+SAQJIKSHY5K63kFvRwBovORc2LkrdQxjrSwDNuQUV40obII30mwL3Kv+KoBYYDQJ6FxA==",
-      "license": "Apache-2.0",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 16.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/@otplib/core": {
       "version": "12.0.1",
       "dev": true,
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 01ed8b25f..11b179eac 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
     "@leeoniya/ufuzzy": "^1.0.10",
     "@microsoft/signalr": "^8.0.0",
     "@notesnook/logger": "file:../logger",
-    "@orama/stopwords": "^3.1.6",
     "@readme/data-urls": "^3.0.0",
     "@streetwriters/kysely": "^0.27.4",
     "@streetwriters/showdown": "^3.0.9-alpha",
diff --git a/packages/core/src/api/lookup.ts b/packages/core/src/api/lookup.ts
index 9412d9951..18de17e6e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/api/lookup.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/api/lookup.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
-import { match, surround } from "fuzzyjs";
+import { match } from "fuzzyjs";
 import Database from "./index.js";
 import {
   Item,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/query-transformer.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/query-transformer.ts
index 101847e31..d6f929432 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/query-transformer.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/query-transformer.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
-import { stopwords } from "@orama/stopwords";
-
 type ASTNode = QueryNode | PhraseNode | OperatorNode;
 
 type QueryNode = {
@@ -163,7 +161,7 @@ function generateSQL(ast: QueryNode): string {
 }
 
 export function transformQuery(query: string) {
-  const tokens = tokenize(query).filter((token) => !stopwords.includes(token));
+  const tokens = tokenize(query);
   const largeTokens = tokens.filter((token) => token.length >= 3);
   return {
     query: generateSQL(transformAST(parseTokens(largeTokens))),