diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 036867ddc..0ad05c629 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ wasabi>=0.9.1,<1.2.0
 srsly>=2.4.3,<3.0.0
 catalogue>=2.0.6,<2.1.0
 typer>=0.3.0,<0.10.0
-smart-open>=5.2.1,<7.0.0
 weasel>=0.1.0,<0.4.0
 # Third party dependencies
 numpy>=1.15.0; python_version < "3.9"
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5e8e99f87..f9274cfae 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ install_requires =
     weasel>=0.1.0,<0.4.0
     # Third-party dependencies
     typer>=0.3.0,<0.10.0
-    smart-open>=5.2.1,<7.0.0
     tqdm>=4.38.0,<5.0.0
     numpy>=1.15.0; python_version < "3.9"
     numpy>=1.19.0; python_version >= "3.9"