diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 967d05efe..c34151a71 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ from notifications_utils.recipients import (
     format_phone_number_human_readable,
 )
 from notifications_utils.formatters import formatted_list
-from pygments import highlight
-from pygments.formatters.html import HtmlFormatter
-from pygments.lexers.javascript import JavascriptLexer
 from werkzeug.exceptions import abort
 from werkzeug.local import LocalProxy
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 49a623fae..c8c1e6997 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ Flask-Login==0.3.2
 
 credstash==1.8.0
 boto3==1.4.4
-Pygments==2.0.2
 py-gfm==0.1.2
 blinker==1.4
 lxml==3.6.0