diff --git a/dvc/info.py b/dvc/info.py
index e7c05f05e..677c5ebb2 100644
--- a/dvc/info.py
+++ b/dvc/info.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import pathlib
 import platform
 import uuid
 
+import psutil
+
 from dvc.exceptions import DvcException, NotDvcRepoError
 from dvc.repo import Repo
 from dvc.scm.base import SCMError
@@ -13,11 +15,6 @@ from dvc.utils import error_link
 from dvc.utils.pkg import PKG
 from dvc.version import __version__
 
-try:
-    import psutil
-except ImportError:
-    psutil = None
-
 if PKG is None:
     package = ""
 else:
@@ -44,9 +41,8 @@ def get_dvc_info():
             info.append(
                 "Cache types: {}".format(_get_linktype_support_info(repo))
             )
-            if psutil:
-                fs_type = get_fs_type(repo.cache.local.cache_dir)
-                info.append(f"Cache directory: {fs_type}")
+            fs_type = get_fs_type(repo.cache.local.cache_dir)
+            info.append(f"Cache directory: {fs_type}")
         else:
             info.append("Cache types: " + error_link("no-dvc-cache"))
 
@@ -60,9 +56,8 @@ def get_dvc_info():
         info.append("Repo: dvc, git (broken)")
     else:
         root_directory = repo.root_dir
-        if psutil:
-            fs_root = get_fs_type(os.path.abspath(root_directory))
-            info.append(f"Workspace directory: {fs_root}")
+        fs_root = get_fs_type(os.path.abspath(root_directory))
+        info.append(f"Workspace directory: {fs_root}")
         info.append("Repo: {}".format(_get_dvc_repo_info(repo)))
     return "\n".join(info)
 
diff --git a/scripts/build-requirements.txt b/scripts/build-requirements.txt
index 215483d10..0c2fb74f8 100644
--- a/scripts/build-requirements.txt
+++ b/scripts/build-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 PyInstaller==3.5
 numpy==1.19.3
-psutil
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 45045046d..d8343b4be 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ install_requires = [
     "win-unicode-console>=0.5; sys_platform == 'win32'",
     "pywin32>=225; sys_platform == 'win32'",
     "networkx>=2.1",
+    "psutil>=5.8.0",
     "pydot>=1.2.4",
     "speedcopy>=2.0.1; python_version < '3.8' and sys_platform == 'win32'",
     "dataclasses==0.7; python_version < '3.7'",