diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 51ae4331..ed9a6433 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ Or with the Arrow client:
 History
 -------
 
+- 4.2.4
+    - Remove unused dependency
 - 4.2.3
     - Fixed `load_gff3` to more accurately load transcripts including the CDS as well as handle non-coding types more accurately.
 - 4.2.2
diff --git a/arrow/__init__.py b/arrow/__init__.py
index c2a714dd..4b08b595 100644
--- a/arrow/__init__.py
+++ b/arrow/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '4.2.3'
+__version__ = '4.2.4'
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ed86b4de..2447cbaa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ wrapt
 pyyaml
 decorator
 bcbio-gff==0.6.6
-pytest-timeit
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 319b43a0..1041051c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name="apollo",
-    version='4.2.3',
+    version='4.2.4',
     description="Apollo API library",
     long_description=readme,
     author="Helena Rasche;Anthony Bretaudeau;Nathan Dunn",