diff --git a/contract/__manifest__.py b/contract/__manifest__.py
index 1e3d7af40e..e91c719461 100644
--- a/contract/__manifest__.py
+++ b/contract/__manifest__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     "website": "https://github.com/OCA/contract",
     "depends": ["base", "account", "product", "portal"],
     "development_status": "Production/Stable",
-    "external_dependencies": {"python": ["dateutil"]},
     "data": [
         "security/groups.xml",
         "security/contract_tag.xml",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d41f1be0f..0000000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# generated from manifests external_dependencies
-python-dateutil