diff --git a/frappe/tests/test_api.py b/frappe/tests/test_api.py
index f99e771fbb..7e77aab779 100644
--- a/frappe/tests/test_api.py
+++ b/frappe/tests/test_api.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ from random import choice
 
 import requests
 from semantic_version import Version
-from tenacity import retry, stop_after_attempt, retry_if_exception_type, wait_fixed
 
 import frappe
 from frappe.utils import get_site_url
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@ class TestResourceAPI(unittest.TestCase):
 		self.assertIsInstance(docname, str)
 		self.GENERATED_DOCUMENTS.append(docname)
 
-	@retry(stop=stop_after_attempt(2) | retry_if_exception_type(AssertionError), wait=wait_fixed(3))
 	def test_update_document(self):
 		# test 8: PUT method on /api/resource to update doc
 		generated_desc = frappe.mock("paragraph")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 04c36b4231..0791f01b27 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ simple-chalk~=0.1.0
 six~=1.15.0
 sqlparse~=0.4.1
 stripe~=2.56.0
-tenacity~=7.0.0
 terminaltables~=3.1.0
 unittest-xml-reporting~=3.0.4
 urllib3~=1.26.4