diff --git a/report_xml/__manifest__.py b/report_xml/__manifest__.py
index 514c2e95a..6808a8b67 100644
--- a/report_xml/__manifest__.py
+++ b/report_xml/__manifest__.py
@@ -20,10 +20,5 @@
         "demo/report.xml",  # register report in the system
         "demo/demo_report.xml",  # report body definition
     ],
-    "external_dependencies": {
-        "python": [  # Python third party libraries required for module
-            "lxml"  # XML and HTML with Python
-        ]
-    },
     "post_init_hook": "post_init_hook",
 }
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5a6eb7007..1c26fd8f3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # generated from manifests external_dependencies
 cryptography
 endesive
-lxml
 py3o.formats
 py3o.template
 PyPDF2