diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2130683b9..a84cfb48b 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # install pytorch 1.2 from conda
 cython
 pre-commit
-PyYAML==5.1.1
 profane>=0.1.6
 SQLAlchemy>=1.3.5
 sqlalchemy-utils
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index be63f6d95..3a3d543a8 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ def get_version(rel_path):
         "torchvision==0.5",
         "cython",
         "pre-commit",
-        "PyYAML==5.1.1",
         "profane>=0.1.6",
         "SQLAlchemy",
         "sqlalchemy-utils",