diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 25b7a41ae9d576bbaefb024e1b9dcb98309c1345..f8a3bd9dd5b17e9ca7d60506c105200c6079eaa0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@ setup(name=pkgname,
       packages=[],
       python_requires=">=3.6",
       ext_modules=extensions,
-      install_requires=['numpy>=1.17.0', 'pybind11>=2.5.0'],
+      install_requires=['numpy>=1.17.0'],
       license="GPLv2",
       )