diff --git a/mypy.ini b/mypy.ini
index da53e716..b5e02744 100644
--- a/mypy.ini
+++ b/mypy.ini
@@ -1,63 +1,60 @@
 [mypy]
 namespace_packages = True
 
 # due to the conditional import logic on swh.journal, in some cases a specific
 # type: ignore is needed, in other it isn't...
 warn_unused_ignores = False
 
-# support for sqlalchemy magic: see https://github.com/dropbox/sqlalchemy-stubs
-plugins = sqlmypy
-
 
 # 3rd party libraries without stubs (yet)
 
 [mypy-cassandra.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-confluent_kafka.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-deprecated.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 # only shipped indirectly via hypothesis
 [mypy-django.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-iso8601.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-msgpack.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-multiprocessing.util]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-pkg_resources.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-psycopg2.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-pytest.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-pytest_cov.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-pytest_kafka.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-systemd.daemon.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-tenacity.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 # temporary work-around for landing typing support in spite of the current
 # journal<->storage dependency loop
 [mypy-swh.journal.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 
 [mypy-pytest_postgresql.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index 07dc055f..c6a0316d 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 hypothesis >= 3.11.0
 pytest
 pytest-mock
-sqlalchemy-stubs
 # pytz is in fact a dep of swh.model[testing] and should not be necessary, but
 # the dep on swh.model in the main requirements-swh.txt file shadows this one
 # adding the [testing] extra.
 swh.model[testing] >= 0.0.50
 pytz
 pytest-xdist
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a980a6ba..c5263a3d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,75 +1,74 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # Copyright (C) 2015-2020  The Software Heritage developers
 # See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 from io import open
 from os import path
 
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
 here = path.abspath(path.dirname(__file__))
 
 # Get the long description from the README file
 with open(path.join(here, "README.md"), encoding="utf-8") as f:
     long_description = f.read()
 
 
 def parse_requirements(name=None):
     if name:
         reqf = "requirements-%s.txt" % name
     else:
         reqf = "requirements.txt"
 
     requirements = []
     if not path.exists(reqf):
         return requirements
 
     with open(reqf) as f:
         for line in f.readlines():
             line = line.strip()
             if not line or line.startswith("#"):
                 continue
             requirements.append(line)
     return requirements
 
 
 setup(
     name="swh.storage",
     description="Software Heritage storage manager",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     python_requires=">=3.7",
     author="Software Heritage developers",
     author_email="swh-devel@inria.fr",
     url="https://forge.softwareheritage.org/diffusion/DSTO/",
     setup_requires=["setuptools-scm"],
     packages=find_packages(),
     use_scm_version=True,
     scripts=["bin/swh-storage-add-dir",],
     entry_points="""
         [swh.cli.subcommands]
         storage=swh.storage.cli
     """,
     install_requires=parse_requirements() + parse_requirements("swh"),
     extras_require={
         "testing": (parse_requirements("test") + parse_requirements("swh-journal")),
-        "schemata": ["SQLAlchemy"],
         "journal": parse_requirements("swh-journal"),
     },
     include_package_data=True,
     classifiers=[
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     ],
     project_urls={
         "Bug Reports": "https://forge.softwareheritage.org/maniphest",
         "Funding": "https://www.softwareheritage.org/donate",
         "Source": "https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/swh-storage",
         "Documentation": "https://docs.softwareheritage.org/devel/swh-storage/",
     },
 )