diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c4893cbc..354cce52 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "pandas",
     "pooch",
     "pyarrow",
-    "pygeos",
     "rich",
     "setuptools",
     "shapely>=2.0.1",