diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 7993e6c7f..65296766f 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -145,8 +145,6 @@ tests =
     google-cloud-storage==2.0.0
     dvclive[image]==0.4.6
     hdfs==2.6.0
-    # required by collective.checkdocs
-    Pygments==2.11.1
     collective.checkdocs==0.2
     pydocstyle==6.1.1
     # pylint requirements