diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 565bc110e4..604351e9b5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ setup(name=PACKAGE,
         'SSL': ['pyOpenSSL'],
         'graphviz': ['pydot'],
         'timezone': ['pytz'],
-        'json': ['simplejson'],
     },
     zip_safe=False,
 )