diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 88c2faad..89351c37 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 actdiag
 blockdiag
-docutils==0.9.1
 nwdiag
 oslosphinx
 pbr>=0.6,<1.0