diff --git a/pip/py2-root_pandas.file b/pip/py2-root_pandas.file
deleted file mode 100644
index 29a2f6ce4c6..00000000000
--- a/pip/py2-root_pandas.file
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Requires: py2-pandas py2-root_numpy
diff --git a/pip/py3-root_pandas.file b/pip/py3-root_pandas.file
deleted file mode 100644
index a6431f5ff29..00000000000
--- a/pip/py3-root_pandas.file
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Requires: py3-pandas py3-root_numpy
diff --git a/pip/requirements.txt b/pip/requirements.txt
index 0f906290915..1b64c6ff6c1 100644
--- a/pip/requirements.txt
+++ b/pip/requirements.txt
@@ -281,8 +281,6 @@ rep==0.6.6 ; python_version> '3.0'
 requests==2.25.1
 requests-toolbelt==0.9.1 ; python_version> '3.0'
 requests-oauthlib==1.3.0 ; python_version> '3.0'
-root_numpy==4.8.0
-root_pandas==0.7.0
 rootpy==1.0.1
 rsa==4.7.2 ; python_version>'3.0'
 scandir==1.10.0
diff --git a/pip/root_numpy.file b/pip/root_numpy.file
deleted file mode 100644
index a4ecd20a691..00000000000
--- a/pip/root_numpy.file
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Requires: py2-numpy root
diff --git a/pip/root_pandas.file b/pip/root_pandas.file
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bf7d2e8979..00000000000
--- a/pip/root_pandas.file
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Requires: py3-pandas py2-pandas py2-root_numpy
diff --git a/python_tools.spec b/python_tools.spec
index 48dc7c261e7..d3ae43784a6 100644
--- a/python_tools.spec
+++ b/python_tools.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Requires: py3-tables
 Requires: py2-numexpr
 Requires: py2-histogrammar py3-histogrammar
 Requires: py2-pandas
-Requires: py2-root_numpy
 Requires: py2-Bottleneck
 Requires: py2-downhill
 Requires: py2-theanets
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ Requires: py2-hyperopt
 Requires: py2-seaborn
 Requires: py2-h5py
 Requires: py2-h5py-cache
-Requires: py2-root_pandas
 Requires: py2-uproot
 Requires: py2-uproot4
 Requires: py2-opt-einsum