diff --git a/requirements-no-pinax.txt b/requirements-no-pinax.txt
index eeebb7c5..45868a78 100644
--- a/requirements-no-pinax.txt
+++ b/requirements-no-pinax.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ akismet
 markdown
 beautifulsoup4
 lxml
-simplejson
 pytz
 six
 djangorestframework
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ecf2f1ff..453bef8f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ akismet
 markdown
 beautifulsoup4
 lxml
-simplejson
 pytz
 pinax_teams
 djangorestframework