diff --git a/packages/dockview/src/footnote.ts b/packages/dockview/src/footnote.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 52e8cee59..000000000
--- a/packages/dockview/src/footnote.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-function runFootnote() {
-    const DOCKVIEW_SUPPRESS_WATERMARK = 'DOCKVIEW_WATERMARK_SUPPRESSED';
-
-    const isTest = (window as any).process?.env?.NODE_ENV === 'test';
-
-    if (isTest) {
-        return; // don't spam people tests
-    }
-
-    const isSuppressed = !!(window as any)[DOCKVIEW_SUPPRESS_WATERMARK];
-
-    if (!isSuppressed) {
-        console.log(
-            [
-                'dockview: https://github.com/mathuo/dockview for examples and documentation',
-                'dockview: https://www.npmjs.com/package/dockview',
-                `dockview: To suppress this message set window.${DOCKVIEW_SUPPRESS_WATERMARK}=1 before importing the dockview package`,
-                '',
-            ].join('\n')
-        );
-    }
-}
-
-runFootnote();
diff --git a/packages/dockview/src/index.ts b/packages/dockview/src/index.ts
index b43e1d721..01b00ddac 100644
--- a/packages/dockview/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/dockview/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import './footnote';
-
 export * from './events';
 export * from './lifecycle';
 export * from './dnd/dataTransfer';