diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9be4e88..864d779 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -171,15 +171,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "matrixmultiply"
-version = "0.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "add85d4dd35074e6fedc608f8c8f513a3548619a9024b751949ef0e8e45a4d84"
-dependencies = [
- "rawpointer",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "memmap2"
 version = "0.5.10"
@@ -207,62 +198,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "adler",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ndarray"
-version = "0.15.6"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "adb12d4e967ec485a5f71c6311fe28158e9d6f4bc4a447b474184d0f91a8fa32"
-dependencies = [
- "matrixmultiply",
- "num-complex",
- "num-integer",
- "num-traits",
- "rawpointer",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "num-complex"
-version = "0.4.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "02e0d21255c828d6f128a1e41534206671e8c3ea0c62f32291e808dc82cff17d"
-dependencies = [
- "num-traits",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "num-integer"
-version = "0.1.45"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "225d3389fb3509a24c93f5c29eb6bde2586b98d9f016636dff58d7c6f7569cd9"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
- "num-traits",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "num-traits"
-version = "0.2.15"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "578ede34cf02f8924ab9447f50c28075b4d3e5b269972345e7e0372b38c6cdcd"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "numpy"
-version = "0.18.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "96b0fee4571867d318651c24f4a570c3f18408cf95f16ccb576b3ce85496a46e"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "ndarray",
- "num-complex",
- "num-integer",
- "num-traits",
- "pyo3",
- "rustc-hash",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.17.1"
@@ -388,12 +323,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rawpointer"
-version = "0.2.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "60a357793950651c4ed0f3f52338f53b2f809f32d83a07f72909fa13e4c6c1e3"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rctree"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -431,7 +360,6 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "resvg-py"
 version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
- "numpy",
  "pyo3",
  "resvg",
  "tiny-skia",
@@ -469,12 +397,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "xmlparser",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustc-hash"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "08d43f7aa6b08d49f382cde6a7982047c3426db949b1424bc4b7ec9ae12c6ce2"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustybuzz"
 version = "0.7.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 46df48a..5fdcdf1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ name = "resvg_py"
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
 [dependencies]
-numpy = "0.18.0"
 pyo3 = "0.18.1"
 resvg = "0.30.0"
 tiny-skia = "0.8.3"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f1df5b7..9c13778 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,17 +19,15 @@ Overall, `resvg-py` provides a simple and powerful way to work with SVG images i
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import resvg_py
-from PIL import Image
 
 options = resvg_py.SVGOptions()
 r = resvg_py.Resvg(options)
 
 with Path("resources/examples/svg/octocat.svg").open("r") as f:
     rendered = r.render(f.read(), 400, 400)
-    array = rendered.as_array()
-    im = Image.fromarray(array)
-    im.save("image.png")
 
+    with open("image.png", "wb") as f:
+        f.write(rendered.as_png())
 ```
 
 # Options
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c0fe6fc..aaced35 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
 ]
-dependencies = [
-    "numpy",
-    "Pillow",
-]
+dependencies = []
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = ["pytest", "pytest-snapshot"]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0018d14..c47e1f8 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use numpy::ndarray::Array3;
-use numpy::{IntoPyArray, PyArray3};
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
 use pyo3::types::PyBytes;
 use resvg::tiny_skia::Pixmap;
@@ -128,30 +126,6 @@ impl RenderedImage {
         self.pixmap.height()
     }
 
-    /// Returns the rendered image as a numpy array.
-    ///
-    /// The array has shape (height, width, 4) and contains RGBA data.
-    pub fn as_array<'py>(&self, py: Python<'py>) -> PyResult<&'py PyArray3<u8>> {
-        let pixels = self.pixmap.pixels();
-
-        Ok(Array3::from_shape_fn(
-            ((self.height()) as usize, (self.width()) as usize, 4),
-            |(y, x, c)| {
-                let index = y * self.width() as usize + x;
-                let pixel = &pixels[index];
-
-                match c {
-                    0 => pixel.red(),
-                    1 => pixel.green(),
-                    2 => pixel.blue(),
-                    3 => pixel.alpha(),
-                    _ => unreachable!(),
-                }
-            },
-        )
-        .into_pyarray(py))
-    }
-
     /// Returns the rendered image as bytes in PNG format.
     fn as_png(&self, py: Python) -> PyResult<PyObject> {
         self.pixmap