diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d2c6dc2e..9defcc92 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ napari = [
     "napari[pyqt5]",
     "brainglobe-napari-io",
     "cellfinder-napari<1.0.0",
-    "qtpy",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]