diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index 181e1110..0a545990 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # requirements for CI
 sympy == 1.7
 pytest-cov
-ipython == 7.16.3; python_version == "2.7"
 nbval
 
 # needed by pytest-xdist