diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 98b3fc316..0d575a3f3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-cython>=3.0.0
 pygments>=2.7.4 # not directly required, pinned by Snyk to avoid a vulnerability
 requests>=2.0.0
 PyJWT>=2.0.0, <3.0.0