diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index bae4b7d..c14aba0 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@
         "source": "https://github.com/pear/HTML_BBCodeParser2"
     },
     "type": "library",
-    "require": {
-        "pear/pear_exception": "*"
-    },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "*"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}