diff --git a/codecov_cli/plugins/compress_pycoverage_contexts.py b/codecov_cli/plugins/compress_pycoverage_contexts.py
index 5455602f..ab9f8b36 100644
--- a/codecov_cli/plugins/compress_pycoverage_contexts.py
+++ b/codecov_cli/plugins/compress_pycoverage_contexts.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from typing import Any, List
 
 import ijson
-from smart_open import open
 
 from codecov_cli.plugins.types import PreparationPluginReturn
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 20b98444..9fbe99a8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ requests==2.31.0
 responses==0.21.0
     # via codecov-cli (setup.py)
 rfc3986[idna2008]==1.5.0
-    # via httpx
-smart-open==6.4.0
-    # via codecov-cli (setup.py)
+    # via
+    #   httpx
+    #   rfc3986
 sniffio==1.3.0
     # via
     #   anyio
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7c05c4fd..988a916c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
         "ijson==3.*",
         "pyyaml==6.*",
         "responses==0.21.*",
-        "smart-open==6.*",
         "tree-sitter==0.20.*",
     ],
     entry_points={