diff --git a/mabel/utils/dates.py b/mabel/utils/dates.py
index e6a08c0..1e35645 100644
--- a/mabel/utils/dates.py
+++ b/mabel/utils/dates.py
@@ -8,11 +8,6 @@
 except ImportError:
     numpy = None
 
-try:
-    import pandas
-except ImportError:
-    pandas = None
-
 TIMEDELTA_REGEX = (
     r"((?P<days>-?\d+)d)?"
     r"((?P<hours>-?\d+)h)?"
@@ -79,9 +74,9 @@ def parse_iso(
             if isinstance(value, numpy.datetime64):
                 value = value.astype(datetime.datetime)
                 input_type = type(value)
-        if pandas:
-            if hasattr(value, "to_pydatetime"):
-                return value.to_pydatetime()
+
+        if hasattr(value, "to_pydatetime"):
+            return value.to_pydatetime()
 
         if input_type == datetime.datetime:
             return value
diff --git a/mabel/version.py b/mabel/version.py
index ef97f26..a98c243 100644
--- a/mabel/version.py
+++ b/mabel/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Store the version here so:
 # 1) we don't load dependencies by storing it in __init__.py
 # 2) we can import it in setup.py for the same reason
-__version__ = "0.6.23"
+__version__ = "0.6.24"
 
 # nodoc - don't add to the documentation wiki