diff --git a/packages/cdk-core/package.json b/packages/cdk-core/package.json
index ab9db30e..523f236d 100644
--- a/packages/cdk-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/cdk-core/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     "@nangohq/frontend": "0.33.8",
     "@types/jsonwebtoken": "9.0.2",
     "@types/react": "*",
-    "@usevenice/engine-backend": "workspace:*",
     "trpc-openapi": "1.2.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/cdk-core/verticals/new-mapper.ts b/packages/cdk-core/verticals/new-mapper.ts
index 66a3577e..cf50c7c5 100644
--- a/packages/cdk-core/verticals/new-mapper.ts
+++ b/packages/cdk-core/verticals/new-mapper.ts
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@ import type {
 } from '@trpc/server'
 import {TRPCError} from '@trpc/server'
 
+import {z} from '@usevenice/util'
+
+// FIXME: This is explicitly bypassing the package system because we have a circular
+// dependency here which is not great but ....
 import type {
   remoteProcedure,
   RemoteProcedureContext,
   trpc,
-} from '@usevenice/engine-backend/router/_base'
-import {z} from '@usevenice/util'
+} from '../../engine-backend/router/_base'
 
 export type RouterMap<TRouter extends AnyRouter, TOpts = {}> = {
   [k in keyof TRouter as TRouter[k] extends AnyProcedure