diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 134ca0e4..6db1d501 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ testing =
 	flufl.flake8
 	pytest-perf >= 0.5.1
 
-	# for performance tests
-	ipython
-
 docs =
 	# upstream
 	sphinx