diff --git a/requirements-py3.txt b/requirements-py3.txt
index 8414d7d2d..fe996dcd4 100644
--- a/requirements-py3.txt
+++ b/requirements-py3.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 retrying>=1.2.3,!=1.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 alembic>=0.7.1
-argparse
 croniter>=0.3.4 # MIT License
 eventlet>=0.15.2
 iso8601>=0.1.9
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b05fd548c..1877c4610 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 retrying>=1.2.3,!=1.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 alembic>=0.7.1
-argparse
 croniter>=0.3.4 # MIT License
 eventlet>=0.15.2
 happybase>=0.5,!=0.7