diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2796d2d3..3e7099c0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ install_requires = [
     'requests~=2.9',
     'gunicorn~=19.0',
     'multipipes~=0.1.0',
-    'bigchaindb-common>=0.0.6',
 ]
 
 setup(