diff --git a/contract/__manifest__.py b/contract/__manifest__.py
index 8b3260f59..52ee6fd34 100644
--- a/contract/__manifest__.py
+++ b/contract/__manifest__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     "author": "Tecnativa, ACSONE SA/NV, Odoo Community Association (OCA)",
     "website": "https://github.com/OCA/contract",
     "depends": ["base", "account", "product", "portal"],
-    "external_dependencies": {"python": ["dateutil"]},
     "data": [
         "security/groups.xml",
         "security/contract_tag.xml",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7d41f1be0..9cd162922 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 # generated from manifests external_dependencies
-python-dateutil