diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cd4c4526..d4491c3d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     sys.exit()
 
 required = [
-    "aiofiles",
     "apispec>=1.0.0b1",
     "chardet",
     "marshmallow",