diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 9211496bd..fefdb4813 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback, MouseEventHandler, useEffect } from 'react'
 import { DebugPanel } from './components/DebugPanel'
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'
+import { uuidv4 } from 'lib/utils'
 import { PaneType, useStore } from './useStore'
 import { Logs, KCLErrors } from './components/Logs'
 import { CollapsiblePanel } from './components/CollapsiblePanel'
diff --git a/src/clientSideScene/CameraControls.ts b/src/clientSideScene/CameraControls.ts
index 1f9e8d2f6..ab712468a 100644
--- a/src/clientSideScene/CameraControls.ts
+++ b/src/clientSideScene/CameraControls.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import {
   Subscription,
   EngineCommandManager,
 } from 'lang/std/engineConnection'
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'
+import { uuidv4 } from 'lib/utils'
 import { deg2Rad } from 'lib/utils2d'
 import { isReducedMotion, roundOff, throttle } from 'lib/utils'
 import * as TWEEN from '@tweenjs/tween.js'
diff --git a/src/clientSideScene/sceneEntities.ts b/src/clientSideScene/sceneEntities.ts
index 2ff83a25a..3f4f13665 100644
--- a/src/clientSideScene/sceneEntities.ts
+++ b/src/clientSideScene/sceneEntities.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ import {
 import { getTangentPointFromPreviousArc } from 'lib/utils2d'
 import { createGridHelper, orthoScale, perspScale } from './helpers'
 import { Models } from '@kittycad/lib'
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'
+import { uuidv4 } from 'lib/utils'
 import { SketchDetails } from 'machines/modelingMachine'
 import { EngineCommandManager } from 'lang/std/engineConnection'
 
diff --git a/src/components/SettingsAuthProvider.tsx b/src/components/SettingsAuthProvider.tsx
index cb5cfc057..18dc961e1 100644
--- a/src/components/SettingsAuthProvider.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SettingsAuthProvider.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import {
 import { isTauri } from 'lib/isTauri'
 import { authCommandBarConfig } from 'lib/commandBarConfigs/authCommandConfig'
 import { kclManager, sceneInfra, engineCommandManager } from 'lib/singletons'
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'
+import { uuidv4 } from 'lib/utils'
 import { IndexLoaderData } from 'lib/types'
 import { settings } from 'lib/settings/initialSettings'
 import {
diff --git a/src/lang/KclSingleton.ts b/src/lang/KclSingleton.ts
index ae51dc5a3..06a40222a 100644
--- a/src/lang/KclSingleton.ts
+++ b/src/lang/KclSingleton.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { executeAst, executeCode } from 'useStore'
 import { Selections } from 'lib/selections'
 import { KCLError } from './errors'
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'
+import { uuidv4 } from 'lib/utils'
 import { EngineCommandManager } from './std/engineConnection'
 
 import { deferExecution } from 'lib/utils'
diff --git a/src/lang/std/engineConnection.ts b/src/lang/std/engineConnection.ts
index a7b254778..69261272d 100644
--- a/src/lang/std/engineConnection.ts
+++ b/src/lang/std/engineConnection.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { PathToNode, Program, SourceRange } from 'lang/wasm'
 import { VITE_KC_API_WS_MODELING_URL, VITE_KC_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT_MS } from 'env'
 import { Models } from '@kittycad/lib'
 import { exportSave } from 'lib/exportSave'
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'
+import { uuidv4 } from 'lib/utils'
 import { getNodePathFromSourceRange } from 'lang/queryAst'
 import { Themes, getThemeColorForEngine } from 'lib/theme'
 
diff --git a/src/lib/exportFromEngine.ts b/src/lib/exportFromEngine.ts
index 3b0674ec5..9889d8d2a 100644
--- a/src/lib/exportFromEngine.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exportFromEngine.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { engineCommandManager } from 'lib/singletons'
 import { type Models } from '@kittycad/lib'
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'
+import { uuidv4 } from 'lib/utils'
 
 // Isolating a function to call the engine to export the current scene.
 // Because it has given us trouble in automated testing environments.
diff --git a/src/lib/selections.ts b/src/lib/selections.ts
index d71646c35..fa1289d78 100644
--- a/src/lib/selections.ts
+++ b/src/lib/selections.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
 } from 'lib/singletons'
 import { CallExpression, SourceRange, parse, recast } from 'lang/wasm'
 import { ModelingMachineEvent } from 'machines/modelingMachine'
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'
+import { uuidv4 } from 'lib/utils'
 import { EditorSelection } from '@codemirror/state'
 import { SelectionRange } from '@uiw/react-codemirror'
 import { getNormalisedCoordinates, isOverlap } from 'lib/utils'
diff --git a/src/lib/utils.ts b/src/lib/utils.ts
index 4c4ac80a0..ec6ba1b3f 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import { SourceRange } from '../lang/wasm'
 
+import { v4 } from 'uuid'
+
+export const uuidv4 = v4
+
 export function isOverlap(a: SourceRange, b: SourceRange) {
   const [startingRange, secondRange] = a[0] < b[0] ? [a, b] : [b, a]
   const [lastOfFirst, firstOfSecond] = [startingRange[1], secondRange[0]]
diff --git a/src/lib/uuid.test.ts b/src/lib/uuid.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c97650bd..000000000
--- a/src/lib/uuid.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import { generateUuidFromHashSeed } from './uuid'
-
-describe('generateUuidFromHashSeed', () => {
-  it('generates a UUID from a hash seed', () => {
-    const inputString = 'Hello, World!'
-    const uuid = generateUuidFromHashSeed(inputString)
-    expect(uuid).toEqual('64666664-3630-4231-a262-326264356230')
-  })
-})
diff --git a/src/lib/uuid.ts b/src/lib/uuid.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 784049086..000000000
--- a/src/lib/uuid.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'
-import { SHA256 } from 'crypto-js'
-
-export function generateUuidFromHashSeed(seed: string): string {
-  const hashedSeed = SHA256(seed).toString()
-  const uuid = uuidv4({
-    random: hashedSeed.split('').map((c: string) => c.charCodeAt(0)),
-  })
-  return uuid
-}
diff --git a/src/machines/modelingMachine.ts b/src/machines/modelingMachine.ts
index 97dd7c36a..8fc4c13e1 100644
--- a/src/machines/modelingMachine.ts
+++ b/src/machines/modelingMachine.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import { ModelingCommandSchema } from 'lib/commandBarConfigs/modelingCommandConf
 import { DefaultPlaneStr } from 'clientSideScene/sceneEntities'
 import { Vector3 } from 'three'
 import { quaternionFromUpNForward } from 'clientSideScene/helpers'
-import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid'
+import { uuidv4 } from 'lib/utils'
 
 export const MODELING_PERSIST_KEY = 'MODELING_PERSIST_KEY'