diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3613d68c7..e7afb9ff0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ def run(self):
         'python-dateutil>=2.1',
         'entrypoints',
         'tornado>=4.1',
-        "pywin32 >=1.0 ; sys_platform == 'win32'"
     ],
     python_requires='>=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*, !=3.4.*',
     extras_require   = {