diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7a575c7..b9a052b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "requests>=2.31.0",
     "django-log-request-id>=2.1.0",
     "django-cors-headers>=4.2.0",
-    "backports.zoneinfo;python_version<'3.9'",
 ]
 
 [tool.hatch.version]