diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index f07e96270..f7d046262 100755
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ requirements:
     - tabulate <0.9
     - pandas
     - graphviz
-    - thefuzz[speedup]
+    - thefuzz
     - pyyaml >=5.1
     - coreutils
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bbfb7d4d3..2df31a410 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 snakemake >= 6.2.1, <7.19.0
 psutil
 pandas
-thefuzz[speedup]
+thefuzz
 pyyaml >= 5.1
 tabulate < 0.9