diff --git a/packages/py-spynnaker/package.py b/packages/py-spynnaker/package.py
index 33b608c234179e0ac9ec5ede5cff6d6969b74d33..af39aa3a3b913adb0b8d5d89af194ce9480238f5 100644
--- a/packages/py-spynnaker/package.py
+++ b/packages/py-spynnaker/package.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ class PySpynnaker(PythonPackage):
     depends_on("python@3.7:", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("py-spinnfrontendcommon@7.0.0", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("py-matplotlib", type=("build", "run"))
-    depends_on("py-pyparsing@2.2.1:2.4.7", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("py-quantities", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("py-pynn", type=("build", "run"))
     depends_on("py-neo", type=("build", "run"))