diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index bd81e101cfc..f9d06530c9a 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 		"ckeditor/ckeditor" : "4.12.1",
 		"mike42/escpos-php" : "2.2",
 		"mobiledetect/mobiledetectlib" : "2.8.34",
-		"phpoffice/phpexcel" : "1.8.1",
 		"restler/framework" : "3.0.0-RC6",
 		"tecnickcom/tcpdf" : "6.3.2",
 		"nnnick/chartjs" : "^2.9",