diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c57190f..d407d7c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ pandas>=0.12.0
 shapely>=1.2.18
 fiona>=1.0.1
 pyproj>=1.9.3
-matplotlib>=1.2.1
-descartes>=1.0
+