diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e847fe7d..8a5a33ab 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@
         "lstchain==0.9.2",
         "ctapipe~=0.12.0",
         "matplotlib~=3.5",
-        "pyparsing~=2.4",
         "numpy<1.22.0a0",
         "pandas",
         "pyyaml",