diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 10eea24f1..db8676042 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ requires = [
     # NOTE: Don't upgrade the version of six! Doing so causes installation
     # problems. See https://github.com/ray-project/ray/issues/4169.
     "six >= 1.0.0",
-    # The typing module is required by modin.
-    "typing",
     "flatbuffers",
     "faulthandler;python_version<'3.3'",
 ]