diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 059fd3795..3a751964c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ Requirements
 - ``defusedxml`` (in order to monkey patch xmlrpc)
 - ``packaging`` (for the version comparison)
 - ``ujson`` (an optimized alternative to the standard json module)
-- ``pytz`` (for the timezone support)
 - ``pydantic`` (for the data validation support)
 
 *Note for Python 2 users*
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index af41c9661..abb291862 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ psutil>=5.6.7
 defusedxml
 packaging
 ujson>=5.4.0
-pytz
 pydantic