diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6b1a8866..09a1ab77 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@
     install_requires = [
         "future",
         "backports.csv",
-        "mysqlclient",
         "beautifulsoup4",
         "lxml",
         "feedparser",