diff --git a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
index 77acafa..44468b2 100644
--- a/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda.recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ requirements:
     - versioningit
   run:
     - numpy
-    - pyre=0.8.3
 
 test:
   imports:
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 53ba0b9..095c437 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ dependencies:
   - gxx_linux-64
   - numpy == 1.26.4
   - python >=3.10
-  - pyre == 0.8.3
   - matplotlib
   - h5py
   - pre-commit
diff --git a/src/histogram/pyrecomponents/Make.mm b/src/histogram/pyrecomponents/Make.mm
deleted file mode 100644
index ba05816..0000000
--- a/src/histogram/pyrecomponents/Make.mm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-# -*- Makefile -*-
-#
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-#
-#                               Michael A.G. Aivazis
-#                        California Institute of Technology
-#                        (C) 1998-2004  All Rights Reserved
-#
-# <LicenseText>
-#
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-PROJECT = histogram
-PACKAGE = pyrecomponents
-
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-
-all: export
-
-
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-# export
-
-EXPORT_PYTHON_MODULES = \
-	plotter.py	\
-	__init__.py	\
-
-
-include doxygen/default.def
-
-export:: export-package-python-modules
-
-# version
-# $Id: Make.mm 1205 2006-11-15 16:23:10Z linjiao $
-
-# End of file
diff --git a/src/histogram/pyrecomponents/__init__.py b/src/histogram/pyrecomponents/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 82a42d2..0000000
--- a/src/histogram/pyrecomponents/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-#
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-#
-#                                   Jiao Lin
-#                      California Institute of Technology
-#                        (C) 2007  All Rights Reserved
-#
-# {LicenseText}
-#
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-#
-
-from pyre import *
-
-# version
-__id__ = "$Id$"
-
-# End of file
diff --git a/src/histogram/pyrecomponents/plotter.py b/src/histogram/pyrecomponents/plotter.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d416e00..0000000
--- a/src/histogram/pyrecomponents/plotter.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-#
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-#
-#                                   Jiao Lin
-#                      California Institute of Technology
-#                        (C) 2007  All Rights Reserved
-#
-# {LicenseText}
-#
-# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-#
-
-
-from pyre.components.Component import Component
-
-
-class plotter(Component):
-    class Inventory(Component.Inventory):
-        import pyre.inventory
-
-        pass  # end of Inventory
-
-    def __getattribute__(self, key):
-        try:
-            return object.__getattribute__(self, key)
-        except:
-            assert self._engine is not None, "no engine for component %s" % (
-                self.__class__.__name__
-            )
-            return getattr(self._engine, key)
-        raise "should not reach here"
-
-    def __init__(self, name="plotter"):
-        Component.__init__(self, name, facility="plotter")
-        return
-
-    def _init(self):
-        Component._init(self)
-        from histogram.plotter import HistogramMplPlotter as P
-
-        self._engine = P()
-        return
-
-
-# version
-__id__ = "$Id$"
-
-# Generated automatically by PythonMill on Sat Jul 21 21:49:23 2007
-
-# End of file