diff --git a/lua/astrocommunity/markdown-and-latex/markview-nvim/init.lua b/lua/astrocommunity/markdown-and-latex/markview-nvim/init.lua
index f82ae5236..556351656 100644
--- a/lua/astrocommunity/markdown-and-latex/markview-nvim/init.lua
+++ b/lua/astrocommunity/markdown-and-latex/markview-nvim/init.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ return {
   ft = { "markdown", "markdown.mdx" },
   dependencies = {
     "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
-    optional = true,
     opts = function(_, opts)
       if opts.ensure_installed ~= "all" then
         opts.ensure_installed =