diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index cf28d120785a9b629678b27885653f547c4f6172..a49fd709002b60feb82160aae3fb9fc7af7bc973 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
         "issues": "https://github.com/picocms/pico-theme/issues",
         "source": "https://github.com/picocms/pico-theme"
     },
-    "require": {
-        "composer/installers": "~1.0"
-    },
     "extra": {
         "installer-name": "default",
         "branch-alias": {