diff --git a/sgl-kernel/pyproject.toml b/sgl-kernel/pyproject.toml
index ab9d68b44..11e9880a5 100644
--- a/sgl-kernel/pyproject.toml
+++ b/sgl-kernel/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
   "Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA"
 ]
-dependencies = [
-  "torch",
-]
+dependencies = []
 
 [project.urls]
 "Homepage" = "https://github.com/sgl-project/sglang"
diff --git a/sgl-kernel/setup.py b/sgl-kernel/setup.py
index 9a2324b60..c51fd7045 100644
--- a/sgl-kernel/setup.py
+++ b/sgl-kernel/setup.py
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ setup(
     package_dir={"": "src"},
     ext_modules=ext_modules,
     cmdclass={"build_ext": BuildExtension},
-    install_requires=["torch"],
 )
 
 update_wheel_platform_tag()