diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 88ecb1c20e..b6e4a189d1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ cairosvg==2.8.2
 freetype-py==2.5.1
 jinja2==3.1.6
 
-# esp-idf requires this, but doesn't bundle it by default
-# https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/blob/220590d599e134d7a5e7f1e683cc4550349ffbf8/requirements.txt#L24
-kconfiglib==13.7.1
-
 # esp-idf >= 5.0 requires this
 pyparsing >= 3.0