diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index f5224dc..600cc66 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ jobs:
           MB_PYTHON_VERSION: "3.10"
           MB_ML_VER: "2014"
           NP_BUILD_DEP: "numpy==1.21.2"
-          CYTHON_BUILD_DEP: "cython==0.29.24"
           DOCKER_TEST_IMAGE: "multibuild/focal_{PLAT}"
           NIGHTLY_BUILD: "true"