diff --git a/docs/executor_tutorial/azure_batch.rst b/docs/executor_tutorial/azure_batch.rst
index f02c847d6..cf076dcf0 100644
--- a/docs/executor_tutorial/azure_batch.rst
+++ b/docs/executor_tutorial/azure_batch.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ and then install the full Snakemake with some additional Azure related optional
 
 .. code:: console
 
-    conda create -c bioconda -c conda-forge -n snakemake snakemake azure-batch azure-storage-blob azure-mgmt-batch azure-identity
+    conda create -c bioconda -c conda-forge -n snakemake snakemake msrest azure-batch azure-storage-blob azure-mgmt-batch azure-identity
 
 Naturally, you can omit the deployment of such an environment in case you already have it, or you can update an existing Snakemake environment with the additional dependencies.
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7d010c1a9..9e978c7db 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ install_requires =
     toposort >=1.10
     wrapt
     yte >=1.0,<2.0
-    msrest
 
 [options.extras_require]
 google-cloud =