diff --git a/Blacklight/libraries/Forking.php b/Blacklight/libraries/Forking.php
index dd27a9d47..21b6e796d 100755
--- a/Blacklight/libraries/Forking.php
+++ b/Blacklight/libraries/Forking.php
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ use Blacklight\processing\PostProcess;
 use Illuminate\Support\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
-use Opis\Closure\SerializableClosure;
 use Spatie\Async\Output\SerializableException;
 use Spatie\Async\Pool;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
@@ -91,7 +90,6 @@ class Forking
      */
     public function __construct()
     {
-        SerializableClosure::removeSecurityProvider();
         $this->colorCli = new ColorCLI;
 
         $this->dnr_path = PHP_BINARY.' misc/update/multiprocessing/.do_not_run/switch.php "php  ';
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 4162a94c1..3ae3afe27 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
         "monolog/monolog": "^3.8",
         "mtownsend/xml-to-array": "^2.0",
         "nesbot/carbon": "^3.8",
-        "opis/closure": "^3.6",
         "pear/net_nntp": "^2.0",
         "php-ffmpeg/php-ffmpeg": "^1.3",
         "php-http/guzzle7-adapter": "^1.0",
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 64adef208..80183cd8b 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "138dfb7e73c52d5a6f08e88752ff2ff6",
+    "content-hash": "20e9e946df92775423a24f06e223c52f",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "aharen/omdbapi",
@@ -6299,71 +6299,6 @@
             ],
             "time": "2024-09-09T07:06:30+00:00"
         },
-        {
-            "name": "opis/closure",
-            "version": "3.6.3",
-            "source": {
-                "type": "git",
-                "url": "https://github.com/opis/closure.git",
-                "reference": "3d81e4309d2a927abbe66df935f4bb60082805ad"
-            },
-            "dist": {
-                "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/opis/closure/zipball/3d81e4309d2a927abbe66df935f4bb60082805ad",
-                "reference": "3d81e4309d2a927abbe66df935f4bb60082805ad",
-                "shasum": ""
-            },
-            "require": {
-                "php": "^5.4 || ^7.0 || ^8.0"
-            },
-            "require-dev": {
-                "jeremeamia/superclosure": "^2.0",
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "^4.0 || ^5.0 || ^6.0 || ^7.0 || ^8.0 || ^9.0"
-            },
-            "type": "library",
-            "extra": {
-                "branch-alias": {
-                    "dev-master": "3.6.x-dev"
-                }
-            },
-            "autoload": {
-                "files": [
-                    "functions.php"
-                ],
-                "psr-4": {
-                    "Opis\\Closure\\": "src/"
-                }
-            },
-            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
-            "license": [
-                "MIT"
-            ],
-            "authors": [
-                {
-                    "name": "Marius Sarca",
-                    "email": "marius.sarca@gmail.com"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Sorin Sarca",
-                    "email": "sarca_sorin@hotmail.com"
-                }
-            ],
-            "description": "A library that can be used to serialize closures (anonymous functions) and arbitrary objects.",
-            "homepage": "https://opis.io/closure",
-            "keywords": [
-                "anonymous functions",
-                "closure",
-                "function",
-                "serializable",
-                "serialization",
-                "serialize"
-            ],
-            "support": {
-                "issues": "https://github.com/opis/closure/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/opis/closure/tree/3.6.3"
-            },
-            "time": "2022-01-27T09:35:39+00:00"
-        },
         {
             "name": "paragonie/constant_time_encoding",
             "version": "v3.0.0",
diff --git a/resources/smarty/plugins/block.php.php b/resources/smarty/plugins/block.php.php
index 44aeae824..e40ead937 100755
--- a/resources/smarty/plugins/block.php.php
+++ b/resources/smarty/plugins/block.php.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * Smarty plugin to execute PHP code.
  *
diff --git a/resources/smarty/plugins/function.getcatval.php b/resources/smarty/plugins/function.getcatval.php
index 5ec5ba8db..3c7fee49a 100755
--- a/resources/smarty/plugins/function.getcatval.php
+++ b/resources/smarty/plugins/function.getcatval.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/resources/smarty/plugins/function.html_options_multiple.php b/resources/smarty/plugins/function.html_options_multiple.php
index f2741fe56..b04cf61ec 100755
--- a/resources/smarty/plugins/function.html_options_multiple.php
+++ b/resources/smarty/plugins/function.html_options_multiple.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * Smarty plugin.
  */
diff --git a/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.daysago.php b/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.daysago.php
index 2cf50b862..89a7e00ab 100755
--- a/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.daysago.php
+++ b/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.daysago.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * Smarty plugin.
  */
diff --git a/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.filesize.php b/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.filesize.php
index 9d7e599ca..dc5352f35 100644
--- a/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.filesize.php
+++ b/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.filesize.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * Smarty plugin
  */
diff --git a/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.fsize_format.php b/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.fsize_format.php
index e49cc6382..da83c0516 100755
--- a/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.fsize_format.php
+++ b/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.fsize_format.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /*
 * Smarty plugin
 * -------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.magicurl.php b/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.magicurl.php
index 8666007ef..c45fea962 100755
--- a/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.magicurl.php
+++ b/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.magicurl.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * Smarty plugin.
  */
diff --git a/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.nl2br.php b/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.nl2br.php
index 0503272e6..ecb54f164 100755
--- a/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.nl2br.php
+++ b/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.nl2br.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * Smarty plugin.
  */
diff --git a/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.phpdate_format.php b/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.phpdate_format.php
index b255e055e..dbb222b10 100755
--- a/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.phpdate_format.php
+++ b/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.phpdate_format.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * Smarty plugin
  * phpdate_format plugin
diff --git a/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.timeago.php b/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.timeago.php
index 88cfa572e..ce029c656 100755
--- a/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.timeago.php
+++ b/resources/smarty/plugins/modifier.timeago.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * Smarty plugin.
  */
diff --git a/resources/smarty/plugins/shared.make_timestamp.php b/resources/smarty/plugins/shared.make_timestamp.php
index ec5276deb..47eb30904 100644
--- a/resources/smarty/plugins/shared.make_timestamp.php
+++ b/resources/smarty/plugins/shared.make_timestamp.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * Smarty shared plugin.
  */