diff --git a/requirements/runtime.txt b/requirements/runtime.txt
index 8581152d4..800d1238e 100644
--- a/requirements/runtime.txt
+++ b/requirements/runtime.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 matplotlib
-mmcv>=1.0.2
 numpy
 # need older pillow until torchvision is fixed
 Pillow<=6.2.2