diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5897e1aa8a..098889276b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     "click >= 8.0.0",
-    "typing-extensions >= 3.7.4.3",
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
 
diff --git a/typer/_typing.py b/typer/_typing.py
index 15d0e91b65..a8149f1c16 100644
--- a/typer/_typing.py
+++ b/typer/_typing.py
@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@ def is_callable_type(type_: type[Any]) -> bool:
 
 
 def is_literal_type(type_: type[Any]) -> bool:
-    import typing_extensions
-
-    return get_origin(type_) in (Literal, typing_extensions.Literal)
+    return get_origin(type_) is Literal
 
 
 def literal_values(type_: type[Any]) -> tuple[Any, ...]:
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index aa96ca3fb5..5de8d6094d 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -2233,7 +2233,6 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "click", version = "8.3.1", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.10'" },
     { name = "rich" },
     { name = "shellingham" },
-    { name = "typing-extensions" },
 ]
 
 [package.dev-dependencies]
@@ -2300,7 +2299,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "click", specifier = ">=8.0.0" },
     { name = "rich", specifier = ">=10.11.0" },
     { name = "shellingham", specifier = ">=1.3.0" },
-    { name = "typing-extensions", specifier = ">=3.7.4.3" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]