diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
index d4e213873..65f451cd2 100644
--- a/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ pyworld>=0.2.12
 recommonmark>=0.5.0
 resampy
 sacrebleu
-shutil
 sphinx
 sphinx-autobuild
 sphinx-markdown-tables