diff --git a/plugins/lookup/aws_service_ip_ranges.py b/plugins/lookup/aws_service_ip_ranges.py
index fa579c059bc..a6097ea1428 100644
--- a/plugins/lookup/aws_service_ip_ranges.py
+++ b/plugins/lookup/aws_service_ip_ranges.py
@@ -43,12 +43,6 @@
 """
 
 import json
-try:
-    import netaddr
-except ImportError as imp_exc:
-    NETADDR_LIBRARY_IMPORT_ERROR = imp_exc
-else:
-    NETADDR_LIBRARY_IMPORT_ERROR = None
 
 from ansible.module_utils.six import raise_from
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleError
@@ -61,24 +55,6 @@
 from ansible.plugins.lookup import LookupBase
 
 
-def valid_cidr(ip_address):
-    """
-    Validate IP address
-    """
-    if NETADDR_LIBRARY_IMPORT_ERROR:
-        raise_from(
-            AnsibleError('netaddr must be installed to use this plugin'),
-            NETADDR_LIBRARY_IMPORT_ERROR)
-    try:
-        netaddr.IPNetwork(ip_address)
-    except netaddr.core.AddrFormatError as e:
-        raise AnsibleError("Not a valid IP address: %s" % e)
-    cidr = ip_address.split('/')
-    if (len(cidr) <= 1 or cidr[1] == ''):
-        return False
-    return True
-
-
 class LookupModule(LookupBase):
     def run(self, terms, variables, **kwargs):
         if "ipv6_prefixes" in kwargs and kwargs["ipv6_prefixes"]:
@@ -110,6 +86,5 @@ def run(self, terms, variables, **kwargs):
         if 'service' in kwargs:
             service = str.upper(kwargs['service'])
             amazon_response = (item for item in amazon_response if item['service'] == service)
-
             iprange = [item[ip_prefix_label] for item in amazon_response]
             return iprange
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f73aa68210f..0d58b96112d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 boto>=2.49.0
 botocore>=1.16.0
 boto3>=1.13.0
-netaddr>=0.8.0