diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0efec59d67215234b63e6c5f918c3b3ded146b51..7734bd2de701876895e5b48ba4788b5da7ced591 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ REQUIREMENTS: dict = {
         "pyarrow",
         "awkward",
         "datetime",
-        "pathlib",
     ],
     "test": [
         "pytest",