diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 317c5fdbe..7abd7a96f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ requires = [
     "preshed>=3.0.2,<3.1.0",
     "murmurhash>=0.28.0,<1.1.0",
     "thinc>=8.1.0,<8.2.0",
-    "pathy",
     "numpy>=1.15.0",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"