diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 29214a8c..2d347e8d 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ setup(
         'pytest',
         'WebTest',
         'pytest-cov',
-        'fakeredis<1.0',
         'mock',
         'urllib3',
         'werkzeug',