diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index ee1df69f..a356b280 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ wheel
 sympy == 1.12
 flake8
 pytest-cov
-ipython == 5.8.0; python_version == "2.7"
 nbval
 
 # needed by pytest-xdist