diff --git a/backend/setup.py b/backend/setup.py
index b3a6357..9cc0799 100644
--- a/backend/setup.py
+++ b/backend/setup.py
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ def get_version(file, name="__version__"):
         "click",
         "flask>=2.2",
         "flask-caching",
-        "huggingface_hub",
         "marko",
         "matplotlib",
         "nodejs-bin==16.15.1a4",