diff --git a/agents/codex.ts b/agents/codex.ts
index f7aeb59..feac6f1 100644
--- a/agents/codex.ts
+++ b/agents/codex.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ export const codex = agent({
       packageName: "@openai/codex",
       version: "latest",
       executablePath: "bin/codex.js",
-      installDependencies: true,
     });
   },
   run: async ({ prompt, mcpServers, apiKey, cliPath }) => {
diff --git a/agents/shared.ts b/agents/shared.ts
index 8466a03..a7a4472 100644
--- a/agents/shared.ts
+++ b/agents/shared.ts
@@ -39,12 +39,10 @@ export async function installFromNpmTarball({
   packageName,
   version,
   executablePath,
-  installDependencies = false,
 }: {
   packageName: string;
   version: string;
   executablePath: string;
-  installDependencies?: boolean;
 }): Promise<string> {
   // Resolve version if it's a range or "latest"
   let resolvedVersion = version;
@@ -123,24 +121,6 @@ export async function installFromNpmTarball({
     throw new Error(`Executable not found in extracted package at ${cliPath}`);
   }
 
-  // Install dependencies if requested and package.json exists
-  if (installDependencies) {
-    const packageJsonPath = join(extractedDir, "package.json");
-    if (existsSync(packageJsonPath)) {
-      log.info(`Installing dependencies for ${packageName}...`);
-      const installResult = spawnSync("npm", ["install", "--production"], {
-        cwd: extractedDir,
-        stdio: "pipe",
-        encoding: "utf-8",
-      });
-      if (installResult.status !== 0) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Failed to install dependencies: ${installResult.stderr || installResult.stdout || "Unknown error"}`
-        );
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   log.info(`✓ ${packageName} installed at ${cliPath}`);
 
   return cliPath;
diff --git a/entry.js b/entry.js
index 48e6d16..e52a291 100755
--- a/entry.js
+++ b/entry.js
@@ -41138,8 +41138,7 @@ var workflows = [
 async function installFromNpmTarball({
   packageName,
   version,
-  executablePath,
-  installDependencies = false
+  executablePath
 }) {
   let resolvedVersion = version;
   if (version.startsWith("^") || version.startsWith("~") || version === "latest") {
@@ -41197,22 +41196,6 @@ async function installFromNpmTarball({
   if (!existsSync2(cliPath)) {
     throw new Error(`Executable not found in extracted package at ${cliPath}`);
   }
-  if (installDependencies) {
-    const packageJsonPath = join5(extractedDir, "package.json");
-    if (existsSync2(packageJsonPath)) {
-      log.info(`Installing dependencies for ${packageName}...`);
-      const installResult = spawnSync("npm", ["install", "--production"], {
-        cwd: extractedDir,
-        stdio: "pipe",
-        encoding: "utf-8"
-      });
-      if (installResult.status !== 0) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Failed to install dependencies: ${installResult.stderr || installResult.stdout || "Unknown error"}`
-        );
-      }
-    }
-  }
   log.info(`\u2713 ${packageName} installed at ${cliPath}`);
   return cliPath;
 }
@@ -41402,8 +41385,7 @@ var codex = agent({
     return await installFromNpmTarball({
       packageName: "@openai/codex",
       version: "latest",
-      executablePath: "bin/codex.js",
-      installDependencies: true
+      executablePath: "bin/codex.js"
     });
   },
   run: async ({ prompt, mcpServers, apiKey, cliPath }) => {