diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index 99c9d4cd9..601ee96ff 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -29,5 +29,7 @@ django-compressor==2.4  # https://github.com/django-compressor/django-compressor
 {%- endif %}
 django-redis==4.11.0  # https://github.com/niwinz/django-redis
 
+{%- if cookiecutter.use_drf == "y" %}
 # Django REST Framework
 djangorestframework==3.11.0  # https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework
+{%- endif %}