diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9578466d..cacdb8a4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ doc = [
     "matplotlib",
     "numdifftools",
     "pandas",
-    "numexpr", # note: Pandas appears to need numexpr to build our docs
     "Pillow",
     "pycairo;platform_system=='Windows'",
     "Sphinx",