diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b1d0b7e..3c0ec0a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "requests",
   "jupyter_server",
   "jupyterhub",
-  "oauthenticator",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]