diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index baf8b131c..b5126cc64 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@
     "lint-staged": "15.4.3",
     "prettier": "3.5.0",
     "serve": "14.2.0",
-    "serve-static": "1.16.0",
     "start-server-and-test": "2.0.10",
     "typescript-eslint": "8.24.0",
     "vitest": "3.0.5",
diff --git a/server/e2e-test-server.js b/server/e2e-test-server.js
index 902fd8a3b..a05d06e03 100644
--- a/server/e2e-test-server.js
+++ b/server/e2e-test-server.js
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import express from 'express';
 import path from 'path';
-import serveStatic from 'serve-static';
 
-var app = express();
+const app = express();
 
-app.get('/operationsgateway-settings.json', function (req, res) {
+app.get('/operationsgateway-settings.json', function (_req, res) {
   // detect if the E2E test is running inside CI
   // If so, use the settings file specific to E2E
   // Otherwise, use the same settings file that is also for running the app normally (yarn start etc).
@@ -23,14 +22,14 @@ app.get('/operationsgateway-settings.json', function (req, res) {
 
 app.use(
   express.json(),
-  serveStatic(path.resolve('./dist'), { index: ['index.html', 'index.htm'] })
+  express.static(path.resolve('./dist'), { index: ['index.html', 'index.htm'] })
 );
 
-app.get('/*', function (req, res) {
+app.get('/*', function (_req, res) {
   res.sendFile(path.resolve('./dist/index.html'));
 });
 
-var server = app.listen(3000, '0.0.0.0', function () {
-  var port = server.address().port;
+const server = app.listen(3000, '0.0.0.0', function () {
+  const port = server.address().port;
   console.log('E2E test server listening at http://localhost:%s', port);
 });
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 96477adb4..edd66bc5f 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6863,7 +6863,6 @@ __metadata:
     react-dom: "npm:18.3.1"
     react-redux: "npm:9.2.0"
     serve: "npm:14.2.0"
-    serve-static: "npm:1.16.0"
     single-spa-react: "npm:6.0.2"
     start-server-and-test: "npm:2.0.10"
     typescript: "npm:5.6.2"
@@ -7917,27 +7916,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"send@npm:0.18.0":
-  version: 0.18.0
-  resolution: "send@npm:0.18.0"
-  dependencies:
-    debug: "npm:2.6.9"
-    depd: "npm:2.0.0"
-    destroy: "npm:1.2.0"
-    encodeurl: "npm:~1.0.2"
-    escape-html: "npm:~1.0.3"
-    etag: "npm:~1.8.1"
-    fresh: "npm:0.5.2"
-    http-errors: "npm:2.0.0"
-    mime: "npm:1.6.0"
-    ms: "npm:2.1.3"
-    on-finished: "npm:2.4.1"
-    range-parser: "npm:~1.2.1"
-    statuses: "npm:2.0.1"
-  checksum: 10c0/0eb134d6a51fc13bbcb976a1f4214ea1e33f242fae046efc311e80aff66c7a43603e26a79d9d06670283a13000e51be6e0a2cb80ff0942eaf9f1cd30b7ae736a
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "send@npm:0.19.0":
   version: 0.19.0
   resolution: "send@npm:0.19.0"
@@ -7975,18 +7953,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"serve-static@npm:1.16.0":
-  version: 1.16.0
-  resolution: "serve-static@npm:1.16.0"
-  dependencies:
-    encodeurl: "npm:~1.0.2"
-    escape-html: "npm:~1.0.3"
-    parseurl: "npm:~1.3.3"
-    send: "npm:0.18.0"
-  checksum: 10c0/d7a5beca08cc55f92998d8b87c111dd842d642404231c90c11f504f9650935da4599c13256747b0a988442a59851343271fe8e1946e03e92cd79c447b5f3ae01
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "serve-static@npm:1.16.2":
   version: 1.16.2
   resolution: "serve-static@npm:1.16.2"