diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 36890b4..68803a0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,14 +88,13 @@ PRs are welcome. Please visit [#233](https://github.com/jarun/Buku/issues/233) f
 | HTTP(S) | urllib3 |
 | Encryption | cryptography |
 | Import browser exported html | beautifulsoup4 |
-| Shorten URL, check latest release | requests |
 
 To install package dependencies using pip3, run:
 
-    $ sudo pip3 install urllib3 cryptography beautifulsoup4 requests
+    $ sudo pip3 install urllib3 cryptography beautifulsoup4
 or on Ubuntu:
 
-    $ sudo apt-get install python3-urllib3 python3-cryptography python3-bs4 python3-requests
+    $ sudo apt-get install python3-urllib3 python3-cryptography python3-bs4
 
 #### From a package manager
 
diff --git a/api/requirements.txt b/api/requirements.txt
index b88f0cd..2840f6f 100644
--- a/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/api/requirements.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ packaging==16.8
 pyasn1==0.2.3
 pycparser==2.17
 pyparsing==2.2.0
-requests==2.13.0
 six==1.10.0
 urllib3==1.20
 Werkzeug==0.11.15
diff --git a/packagecore.yaml b/packagecore.yaml
index 9f30447..c442908 100644
--- a/packagecore.yaml
+++ b/packagecore.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ packages:
       - make
     deps:
       - python-urllib3
-      - python-requests
       - python-cryptography
       - python-beautifulsoup4
       - python
@@ -22,7 +21,6 @@ packages:
     deps:
       - python3-beautifulsoup4
       - python3-cryptography
-      - python3-requests
       - python3-urllib3
       - python3
 # centos no beautifulsoup4
@@ -32,7 +30,6 @@ packages:
     deps:
 #      - python-beautifulsoup4
       - python-cryptography
-      - python-requests
       - python-urllib3
       - python
     commands:
@@ -43,7 +40,6 @@ packages:
       - make
     deps:
       - python3-urllib3
-      - python3-requests
       - python3-cryptography
       - python3-bs4
       - python3
@@ -52,7 +48,6 @@ packages:
       - make
     deps:
       - python3-urllib3
-      - python3-requests
       - python3-cryptography
       - python3-bs4
       - python3
@@ -61,7 +56,6 @@ packages:
       - make
     deps:
       - python3-urllib3
-      - python3-requests
       - python3-cryptography
       - python3-bs4
       - python3
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a8320de..956c0db 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 urllib3>=1.13.1
 beautifulsoup4>=4.4.1
 cryptography>=1.2.3
-requests>=2.9.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index aad6d7a..52b5c6a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ setup(
         'HTTP': ['urllib3'],
         'CRYPTO': ['cryptography'],
         'HTML': ['beautifulsoup4'],
-        'REQUESTS': ['requests'],
         'tests': tests_require,
     },
     test_suite='tests',