diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index ffefa8c5..7fb39554 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ Suggests:
     knitr,
     lintr,
     rmarkdown,
-    rstudioapi,
     testthat (>= 3.1.7),
     usethis
 VignetteBuilder: 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index ecc18976..81bc493e 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # rextendr (development version)
 
+* `document()` will no longer try to save all open files using rstudioapi <https://github.com/extendr/rextendr/issues/404> <https://github.com/extendr/rextendr/issues/407>
 * `use_cran_default()` has been removed as the default package template is CRAN compatible <https://github.com/extendr/rextendr/pull/394>
 * `use_extendr()` now creates `tools/msrv.R`, `configure` and `configure.win`. These have been moved out of `use_cran_defaults()` <https://github.com/extendr/rextendr/pull/393>
 * `Makevars` now prints linked static libraries at compile time by adding `--print=native-static-libs` to `RUSTFLAGS` <https://github.com/extendr/rextendr/pull/393>
diff --git a/R/rextendr_document.R b/R/rextendr_document.R
index 85393b82..9883945d 100644
--- a/R/rextendr_document.R
+++ b/R/rextendr_document.R
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 #' @return No return value, called for side effects.
 #' @export
 document <- function(pkg = ".", quiet = FALSE, roclets = NULL) {
-  try_save_all(quiet = quiet)
-
   withr::local_envvar(devtools::r_env_vars())
 
   register_extendr(path = pkg, quiet = quiet)
diff --git a/R/try_save_all.R b/R/try_save_all.R
deleted file mode 100644
index 220f653a..00000000
--- a/R/try_save_all.R
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#' Try to save open files if \pkg{rextendr} is called from an IDE.
-#'
-#' Uses rstudio API (if available) to save modified files.
-#' Improves package development experience within RStudio.
-#' @param quiet Logical scalar indicating whether the output should be quiet (`TRUE`)
-#'   or verbose (`FALSE`).
-#' @noRd
-try_save_all <- function(quiet = FALSE) {
-  if (requireNamespace("rstudioapi", quietly = TRUE) && rstudioapi::hasFun("documentSaveAll")) {
-    rstudioapi::documentSaveAll()
-    if (!isTRUE(quiet)) {
-      cli::cli_alert_success("Saving changes in the open files.")
-    }
-  }
-}