diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 8a54a939fea0..3771b6c8a1de 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ python-versions = ">=3.5"
 name = "pyjwt"
 version = "2.4.0"
 description = "JSON Web Token implementation in Python"
-category = "main"
+category = "dev"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.6"
 
@@ -1546,9 +1546,8 @@ docs = ["sphinx", "repoze.sphinx.autointerface"]
 test = ["zope.i18nmessageid", "zope.testing", "zope.testrunner"]
 
 [extras]
-all = ["matrix-synapse-ldap3", "psycopg2", "psycopg2cffi", "psycopg2cffi-compat", "pysaml2", "authlib", "lxml", "sentry-sdk", "jaeger-client", "opentracing", "pyjwt", "txredisapi", "hiredis", "Pympler"]
+all = ["matrix-synapse-ldap3", "psycopg2", "psycopg2cffi", "psycopg2cffi-compat", "pysaml2", "authlib", "lxml", "sentry-sdk", "jaeger-client", "opentracing", "txredisapi", "hiredis", "Pympler"]
 cache_memory = ["Pympler"]
-jwt = ["pyjwt"]
 matrix-synapse-ldap3 = ["matrix-synapse-ldap3"]
 oidc = ["authlib"]
 opentracing = ["jaeger-client", "opentracing"]
@@ -1563,7 +1562,7 @@ url_preview = ["lxml"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.7.1"
-content-hash = "c1bb4dabba1e87517e25ca7bf778e8082fbc960a51d83819aec3a154110a374f"
+content-hash = "174acaed1e13aed289dd9db8032d2a4e5f026d825291365614ea3903e5134e98"
 
 [metadata.files]
 attrs = [
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fde6a4f4242b..e098875acf8e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ lxml = { version = ">=4.2.0", optional = true }
 sentry-sdk = { version = ">=0.7.2", optional = true }
 opentracing = { version = ">=2.2.0", optional = true }
 jaeger-client = { version = ">=4.0.0", optional = true }
-pyjwt = { version = ">=1.6.4", optional = true }
 txredisapi = { version = ">=1.4.7", optional = true }
 hiredis = { version = "*", optional = true }
 Pympler = { version = "*", optional = true }
@@ -196,7 +195,6 @@ systemd = ["systemd-python"]
 url_preview = ["lxml"]
 sentry = ["sentry-sdk"]
 opentracing = ["jaeger-client", "opentracing"]
-jwt = ["pyjwt"]
 # hiredis is not a *strict* dependency, but it makes things much faster.
 # (if it is not installed, we fall back to slow code.)
 redis = ["txredisapi", "hiredis"]
@@ -230,8 +228,6 @@ all = [
     "sentry-sdk",
     # opentracing
     "jaeger-client", "opentracing",
-    # jwt
-    "pyjwt",
     # redis
     "txredisapi", "hiredis",
     # cache_memory