diff --git a/requirements/requirements.in b/requirements/requirements.in
index fdb3608308..ece5b04a20 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.in
+++ b/requirements/requirements.in
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ botocore
 channels
 channels-redis==3.4.1  # see UPGRADE BLOCKERs
 cryptography>=41.0.2  # CVE-2023-38325
-Cython<3 # Since the bump to PyYAML 5.4.1 this is now a mandatory dep
 daphne
 distro
 django==4.2.6  # CVE-2023-43665
diff --git a/requirements/requirements.txt b/requirements/requirements.txt
index f7eccba4c2..d3707ee34e 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements.txt
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ cryptography==41.0.3
     #   pyopenssl
     #   service-identity
     #   social-auth-core
-cython==0.29.32
-    # via -r /awx_devel/requirements/requirements.in
 daphne==3.0.2
     # via
     #   -r /awx_devel/requirements/requirements.in