diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 14966b351..f34cda10d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 SPEC = ["py_spec>=3.0.1", "pyoculus>=0.1.1", "h5py>=3.1.0"]
 MPI = ["mpi4py>=3.0.3"]
-VIS = ["vtk >= 8.1.2", "PyQt5", "mayavi", "plotly", "networkx"]
+VIS = ["vtk >= 8.1.2", "PyQt5", "plotly", "networkx"]
 DOCS = ["sphinx", "sphinx-rtd-theme"]
 
 [project.urls]