diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6dee09f58..14765851c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ using a computer and a data projector.""",
         'chardet',
         'dbus-python; platform_system=="Linux"',
         'distro; platform_system=="Linux"',
-        'darkdetect',
         'flask',
         'flask-cors',
         'lxml',