diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 92e81e3..9774ae2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
         "pytorch-lightning<=1.7.7",
         "taming-transformers>=0.0.1",
         "transformers",
-        "torch>=1.6",
         "torchvision",
         "tqdm",
         "vector-quantize-pytorch>=0.10.14",