diff --git a/api/requirements.txt b/api/requirements.txt
index 5287866eadd03472e47f8db826970afab0b220ba..95a5e4fece37f1e290bd839cdaf88765c1f48ebd 100644
--- a/api/requirements.txt
+++ b/api/requirements.txt
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ Jinja2==2.10
 lru-dict==1.1.6
 MarkupSafe==1.0
 openapi-codec==1.3.2
-parsimonious==0.8.0
-pkg-resources==0.0.0
+parsimonious==0.8.0 
 pycryptodome==3.6.4
 PyJWT==1.6.4
 python-bitcoinlib==0.10.1