diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index f5fb2ac..bccc040 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ sphinx-disqus==1.2.0
 autodocsumm==0.2.8
 ipykernel==5.5.3
 protobuf==3.20.*
-anndata==0.7.4
 scanpy==1.9.2
 sphinx-design==0.2.0
 pydata-sphinx-theme==0.9.0
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a7aa703..11d69ab 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ install_requires =
     seaborn >= 0.11.2
     scikit-learn >= 1.0.1
     pyro-ppl >= 1.8.0
-    anndata >= 0.7.4
     scanpy >= 1.9.2
 package_dir=
     =.