diff --git gajim/setup.cfg gajim/setup.cfg
index 78c7b17..0300ec8 100644
--- gajim/setup.cfg
+++ gajim/setup.cfg
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ install_requires =
 	packaging
 	precis-i18n>=1.0.0
 	pyOpenSSL>=16.2
-	pycairo>=1.16.0
 
 [options.package_data]
 gajim =