diff --git a/libraries/microsoft-agents-hosting-core/setup.py b/libraries/microsoft-agents-hosting-core/setup.py
index bcec11f3..06a48045 100644
--- a/libraries/microsoft-agents-hosting-core/setup.py
+++ b/libraries/microsoft-agents-hosting-core/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
         f"microsoft-agents-activity=={package_version}",
         "pyjwt>=2.10.1",
         "isodate>=0.6.1",
-        "azure-core>=1.30.0",
         "python-dotenv>=1.1.1",
         "opentelemetry-api>=1.27.0",
         "opentelemetry-sdk>=1.27.0",