diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index a3c9a0c84a3fc37a15147eb366f4f70bc5988d0d..b797881634787530a5b7f3259cca54a4e528dc68 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ Suggests:
     cowplot,
     magick,
     dplyr,
-    knitr,
     limSolve,
     lme4,
     progress,