diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 60f2110..b312298 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ requires-python = ">=3.9"
 dependencies = [
     "deltas>=0.7.0",
     "mediawiki-utilities>=0.4.18",
-    "more-itertools>=10.7.0",
     "mwpersistence>=0.2.4",
     "mwreverts>=0.1.5",
     "mwtypes>=0.4.0",
diff --git a/src/wikiq/__init__.py b/src/wikiq/__init__.py
index 6f0e508..52a68e8 100755
--- a/src/wikiq/__init__.py
+++ b/src/wikiq/__init__.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import sys
 from collections import deque
 from hashlib import sha1
 from io import TextIOWrapper
-from more_itertools import chunked
 from itertools import groupby
 from subprocess import PIPE, Popen
 from typing import IO, Any, Generator, TextIO, Union
@@ -677,8 +676,6 @@ class WikiqParser:
                     writer = pq_writers[page.mwpage.namespace]
                 writer.write(pa.record_batch(row_buffer, schema=schema))
 
-                record_batch = pa.record_batch(output_buffer, schema=schema)
-                writer.write_batch(record_batch)
             page_count += 1
 
         print(