diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f2f76e1e9eb2ab7fc19646125e129eefff059a7e..32152967d0c9e298a6d354ae516963b1ae60ade4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ fastapi
 pydantic
 uvicorn[standard]
 
-mysqlclient
 junos-eznc
 
 pytest
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e50459b5cf335e82d7a1bf27457d25903da9f45d..85480f0c1b7bb6ed6702102ed879d13ed2f7ad3c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ setup(
         'requests',
         'sqlalchemy',
         'alembic',
-        'mysqlclient',
         'click',
         'junos-eznc'
     ]