diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index afc607f..3d39e8c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 
 pycodestyle>=2.3.1
 pytest>=2.8.7
-readline
-six
\ No newline at end of file
+six
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 292504a..71348c2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def read(*filenames, **kwargs):
     description='A simple console menu system',
     long_description=read("README.rst", "CHANGELOG.rst"),
     packages=find_packages(),
-    install_requires=['six', 'readline'],
+    install_requires=['six'],
     # setup_requires=['pytest-runner'],
     # tests_require=['tox'],
     # cmdclass={'test': Tox},