diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
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+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Description: Plotting functions for posterior analysis, MCMC diagnostics,
 License: GPL (>= 3)
 URL: https://mc-stan.org/bayesplot/
 BugReports: https://github.com/stan-dev/bayesplot/issues/
-SystemRequirements: pandoc (>= 1.12.3), pandoc-citeproc
+SystemRequirements: pandoc (>= 1.12.3)
 Depends:
     R (>= 4.1.0)
 Imports: