diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
 PyYAML
 systemd-python
 
-# these deps below are now handled in dedicated 'extras' and should be removed
-# from this main requirement file ASAP
-arrow
-aiohttp
-msgpack > 0.5
-psycopg2
-python-dateutil
-requests
-Flask
-decorator