diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1a7d5470..e80a0bab 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ install_requires = [
'PyOpenSSL>=0.13.1',
'pyrfc3339',
'pytz',
- 'requests[security]>=2.6.0', # security extras added in 2.4.1
+ 'requests',
'requests-toolbelt>=0.3.0',
'setuptools',
'six>=1.9.0', # needed for python_2_unicode_compatible