diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0693689f06..e367ff1793 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
+packaging
 torch
 torchmetrics
-pytorch-lightning>=1.4.0rc0
+pytorch-lightning>=1.4.0
 pyDeprecate
-PyYAML>=5.1
-numpy
 pandas<1.3.0
-packaging
-tqdm
 jsonargparse[signatures]>=3.17.0
 click>=7.1.2