diff --git a/html_image_url_extractor/__manifest__.py b/html_image_url_extractor/__manifest__.py
index a0aa45623..a857148b7 100644
--- a/html_image_url_extractor/__manifest__.py
+++ b/html_image_url_extractor/__manifest__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@
     "license": "AGPL-3",
     "application": False,
     "installable": True,
-    "external_dependencies": {"python": ["lxml"]},
     "depends": ["base"],
 }
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 039c3011d..3265c19ca 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ cryptography==2.6.1
 dataclasses
 dnspython
 josepy
-lxml
 mako
 odoorpc
 openpyxl