diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index df530124d..5abdce681 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ pygtail
 pypdb
 pyyaml
 rdkit
-watchdog
 
 # The below are packages that aren't available on all
 # platforms/OSs and so need to be conditionally included