diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 5ad7bbaa4..44e9002c1 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ dbus-python
 # packages required for mypy
 sqlalchemy-stubs
 typed-ast
-types-atomicwrites
 types-python-dateutil
 types-PyYAML
 types-redis