diff --git a/examples/code_highlight.py b/examples/code_highlight.py
index a601af4c..67069378 100644
--- a/examples/code_highlight.py
+++ b/examples/code_highlight.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from PyQt5.QtGui import QColor, QPalette
+from qtpy.QtGui import QColor, QPalette
 from qtpy.QtWidgets import QApplication, QTextEdit
 
 from superqt.utils import CodeSyntaxHighlight
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fd8847e7..08cf5f68 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 dependencies = [
-    "packaging",
     "pygments>=2.4.0",
     "qtpy>=1.1.0",
     "typing-extensions >=3.7.4.3,!=3.10.0.0",