diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9c6506f1f293a..52d4fa81fca03 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
         'humanize>=0.5.1, <0.6.0',
         'gunicorn>=19.3.0, <20.0.0',
         'markdown>=2.6.2, <3.0.0',
-        'numpy>=1.9, <2',
         'pandas==0.18.0',
         'parsedatetime==2.0.0',
         'pydruid>=0.2.2, <0.3',