diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d8cfcb8a..7a9ce7c4 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def makeobjects(pkg):
 
       cmdclass={'build': uedgeBuild, 'clean': uedgeClean},
       test_suite="pytests",
-      install_requires=['forthon', 'easygui'],
+      install_requires=['forthon'],
       # note that include_dirs may have to be expanded in the line above
       classifiers=['Programming Language :: Python',
                    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3']