diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 99fc61d81155739bca41165b8d06c44fff1d2fdd..411a5c3dcd6ba362e7e7c8e6015e103acdf5bd31 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ def setup_package():
         author='Henrik tom Wörden',
         author_email='h.tomwoerden@indiscale.com',
         install_requires=["caosdb>=0.7.0",
-                          "lxml>=4.8.0"
                           "numpy>=1.17.3",
                           "openpyxl>=3.0.0",
                           "pandas>=1.2.0",