diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 18dfe05e..be09e74a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 redis
 times
-logbook
 argparse
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8e76f142..73a42b31 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [bdist_rpm]
-requires = redis procname logbook
+requires = redis procname
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 134d7868..8e7c4e8a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ def get_version():
 
 def get_dependencies():
     deps = ['redis', 'times']
-    deps += ['logbook']  # should be soft dependency?
     if sys.version_info < (2, 7) or \
             (sys.version_info >= (3, 0) and sys.version_info < (3, 1)):
         deps += ['importlib']