diff --git a/playout/requirements.txt b/playout/requirements.txt
index ce269640c..02ad6b93b 100644
--- a/playout/requirements.txt
+++ b/playout/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Please do not edit this file, edit the setup.py file!
 # This file is auto-generated by tools/extract_requirements.py.
-amqplib
 defusedxml
 kombu==4.6.11
 mutagen>=1.45.1,<1.46
diff --git a/playout/setup.py b/playout/setup.py
index a176eb89a..aef6da941 100644
--- a/playout/setup.py
+++ b/playout/setup.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ setup(
     },
     python_requires=">=3.6",
     install_requires=[
-        "amqplib",
         "defusedxml",
         "kombu==4.6.11",
         "mutagen>=1.45.1,<1.46",