diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 348a565c213b492d6e192457f79d3ddf592fb73a..53809a4887e11a5b549f8121ac796172247bf198 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -19,6 +19,4 @@ classifiers =
 packages = find:
 python_requires = >=3.7
 zip_safe = False
-setup_requires = setuptools_scm
-install_requires =
-    astropy>=4.0
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+setup_requires = setuptools_scm
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