diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index f15130ab337..df2c0b6f388 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ exclude AUTHORSHIP.md
 exclude CONTRIBUTING.md
 exclude Makefile
 exclude environment.yml
-exclude requirements.txt
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 804519b48c8..00000000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Required packages
-numpy>=2.0
-pandas>=2.2
-xarray>=2024.5
-packaging>=24.2