diff --git a/mpcontribs-client/setup.py b/mpcontribs-client/setup.py
index 3805ff96f..0da395de8 100644
--- a/mpcontribs-client/setup.py
+++ b/mpcontribs-client/setup.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ def local_version(version):
         "pyIsEmail",
         "pymatgen",
         "pyOpenSSL",
-        "ratelimit",
         "requests-futures",
         "service-identity",
         "twisted",