diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 533ffa97f..6afd5e05e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ setup(
     author_email='tom@tomchristie.com',  # SEE NOTE BELOW (*)
     packages=find_packages(exclude=['tests*']),
     include_package_data=True,
-    install_requires=["django>=3.0", "pytz", 'backports.zoneinfo;python_version<"3.9"'],
+    install_requires=["django>=3.0", 'backports.zoneinfo;python_version<"3.9"'],
     python_requires=">=3.6",
     zip_safe=False,
     classifiers=[