diff --git a/python/ray/autoscaler/_private/autoscaler.py b/python/ray/autoscaler/_private/autoscaler.py
index 3d787c4956a8..ba62e5c7d2ba 100644
--- a/python/ray/autoscaler/_private/autoscaler.py
+++ b/python/ray/autoscaler/_private/autoscaler.py
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@
 )
 from ray.core.generated import gcs_service_pb2, gcs_service_pb2_grpc
 
-try:
-    from urllib3.exceptions import MaxRetryError
-except ImportError:
-    MaxRetryError = None
-
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Status of a node e.g. "up-to-date", see ray/autoscaler/tags.py
diff --git a/python/requirements.txt b/python/requirements.txt
index e04d5847ac42..59ce5d7448f1 100644
--- a/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/python/requirements.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ colorful
 pyyaml
 rich
 gpustat>=1.0.0
-urllib3
 opentelemetry-sdk
 fastapi
 virtualenv<20.21.1,>=20.0.24
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 08b4c91fb6db..776d09b7b531 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ def get_packages(self):
         ],
         "serve": ["uvicorn", "requests", "starlette", "fastapi", "aiorwlock"],
         "tune": ["pandas", "tensorboardX>=1.9", "requests", pyarrow_dep],
-        "k8s": ["urllib3"],
         "observability": [
             "opentelemetry-api",
             "opentelemetry-sdk",