diff --git a/dev-python/requests/requests-2.27.1.recipe b/dev-python/requests/requests-2.27.1.recipe
index f2f85988e..b4aff0950 100644
--- a/dev-python/requests/requests-2.27.1.recipe
+++ b/dev-python/requests/requests-2.27.1.recipe
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="$BUILD_PREREQUIRES
 	cmd:python$pythonVersion"
 done
 
-REPLACES_python="
-	python_requests
-	"
-
 INSTALL()
 {
 	sed -i -e '/certifi/d' -e "s/,<.*'/'/" setup.py