diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3e8feeb..477f34b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ lintroll:
 
 protobufs:
 	cd libp2p/pubsub/pb && protoc --python_out=. rpc.proto
-	cd libp2p/pubsub/pb && python -m grpc_tools.protoc -I. --python_out=. --grpc_python_out=. rpc.proto
diff --git a/libp2p/pubsub/pb/rpc_pb2_grpc.py b/libp2p/pubsub/pb/rpc_pb2_grpc.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a894352..0000000
--- a/libp2p/pubsub/pb/rpc_pb2_grpc.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Generated by the gRPC Python protocol compiler plugin. DO NOT EDIT!
-import grpc
-
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index eceff42..1c5c23c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ setuptools.setup(
         "pymultihash>=0.8.2",
         "multiaddr>=0.0.8,<0.1.0",
         "rpcudp>=3.0.0,<4.0.0",
-        "grpcio>=1.21.1,<2.0.0",
-        "grpcio-tools>=1.21.1,<2.0.0",
         "lru-dict>=1.1.6",
     ],
     extras_require=extras_require,