diff --git a/docs/install.rst b/docs/install.rst
index b9524897f..c90eaf9fa 100644
--- a/docs/install.rst
+++ b/docs/install.rst
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ libraries. This was tested on a fully patched installation of Ubuntu 16.04.
 
 .. code:: bash
 
-   sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev libtiff5-dev libjpeg8-dev zlib1g-dev libwebp-dev
+   sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev
    sudo pip3 install mitmproxy  # or pip3 install --user mitmproxy
 
 On older Ubuntu versions, e.g., **12.04** and **14.04**, you may need to install
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ libraries. This was tested on a fully patched installation of Fedora 24.
 
 .. code:: bash
 
-   sudo dnf install make gcc redhat-rpm-config python3-pip python3-devel libffi-devel openssl-devel libtiff-devel libjpeg-devel zlib-devel libwebp-devel openjpeg2-devel
+   sudo dnf install make gcc redhat-rpm-config python3-pip python3-devel libffi-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel
    sudo pip3 install mitmproxy  # or pip3 install --user mitmproxy
 
 Make sure to have an up-to-date version of pip by running ``pip3 install -U pip``.
diff --git a/mitmproxy/contentviews/image/view.py b/mitmproxy/contentviews/image/view.py
index 8fdb26e95..d77e1ecb9 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/contentviews/image/view.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/contentviews/image/view.py
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
-import io
 import imghdr
 
-from PIL import Image
-
+from mitmproxy.contentviews import base
 from mitmproxy.types import multidict
 from . import image_parser
 
-from mitmproxy.contentviews import base
-
 
 class ViewImage(base.View):
     name = "Image"
@@ -16,8 +12,6 @@ class ViewImage(base.View):
         "image/png",
         "image/jpeg",
         "image/gif",
-        "image/vnd.microsoft.icon",
-        "image/x-icon",
     ]
 
     def __call__(self, data, **metadata):
@@ -37,19 +31,3 @@ class ViewImage(base.View):
             parts = image_parser.parse_jpeg(data)
             fmt = base.format_dict(multidict.MultiDict(parts))
             return "%s image" % f, fmt
-        try:
-            img = Image.open(io.BytesIO(data))
-        except IOError:
-            return None
-        parts = [
-            ("Format", str(img.format_description)),
-            ("Size", "%s x %s px" % img.size),
-            ("Mode", str(img.mode)),
-        ]
-        for i in sorted(img.info.keys()):
-            if i != "exif":
-                parts.append(
-                    (str(i), str(img.info[i]))
-                )
-        fmt = base.format_dict(multidict.MultiDict(parts))
-        return "%s image" % img.format, fmt
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 17d45b42b..1b3f08a4a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ setup(
         "hyperframe>=4.0.1, <5",
         "jsbeautifier>=1.6.3, <1.7",
         "kaitaistruct>=0.6, <0.7",
-        "Pillow>=3.2, <4.1",
         "passlib>=1.6.5, <1.8",
         "pyasn1>=0.1.9, <0.3",
         "pyOpenSSL>=16.0, <17.0",
@@ -118,6 +117,7 @@ setup(
         'examples': [
             "beautifulsoup4>=4.4.1, <4.6",
             "pytz>=2015.07.0, <=2016.10",
+            "Pillow>=3.2, <4.1",
         ]
     }
 )
diff --git a/test/mitmproxy/__init__.py b/test/mitmproxy/__init__.py
index 28dc133fc..6f114e181 100644
--- a/test/mitmproxy/__init__.py
+++ b/test/mitmproxy/__init__.py
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@ import logging
 logging.getLogger("hyper").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 logging.getLogger("requests").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 logging.getLogger("passlib").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logging.getLogger("PIL").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 logging.getLogger("tornado").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
diff --git a/test/mitmproxy/contentviews/image/test_view.py b/test/mitmproxy/contentviews/image/test_view.py
index ee2f9eaa1..84bcea17f 100644
--- a/test/mitmproxy/contentviews/image/test_view.py
+++ b/test/mitmproxy/contentviews/image/test_view.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ def test_view_image():
         "mitmproxy/data/image.png",
         "mitmproxy/data/image.gif",
         "mitmproxy/data/all.jpeg",
-        "mitmproxy/data/image.ico"
     ]:
         with open(tutils.test_data.path(img), "rb") as f:
             assert v(f.read())
diff --git a/test/mitmproxy/proxy/protocol/test_http2.py b/test/mitmproxy/proxy/protocol/test_http2.py
index f5d9259da..cede0b805 100644
--- a/test/mitmproxy/proxy/protocol/test_http2.py
+++ b/test/mitmproxy/proxy/protocol/test_http2.py
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ logging.getLogger("hyper.packages.hpack.hpack").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 logging.getLogger("requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 logging.getLogger("passlib.utils.compat").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 logging.getLogger("passlib.registry").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logging.getLogger("PIL.Image").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
-logging.getLogger("PIL.PngImagePlugin").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
 
 # inspect the log: