diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1e1f7014c..7b558ecef 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ gunicorn==19.6.0
 docopt==0.6.2
 six==1.10.0
 iso8601==0.1.11
-pycurl==7.43.0
 
 # pin to minor version 3.1.x
 notifications-python-client>=3.1,<3.2