diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 80c2c6c..9842e57 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -38,5 +38,4 @@ Remotes:
   hadley/modelr,
   hadley/readr,
   hadley/stringr,
-  yihui/knitr,
   rstudio/bookdown