diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 021efffe..8d5c9d7e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     install_requires=[
         'absl-py',
         'cached_property',
-        'dataclasses',
         'importlib_resources',
         'etils',
         'flax',