diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8c7b19a..11513bd 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ install_requires =
     accelerate==0.15.0
     huggingface-hub==0.11.1
     transformers==4.25.1
-    protobuf>=3.20.3,<4.0dev
     speedtest-cli==2.1.3
     hivemind==1.1.3
     tensor_parallel==1.0.23