diff --git a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/setup.cfg b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/setup.cfg
index edad7716b..9e628d2e0 100644
--- a/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/setup.cfg
+++ b/sdk-extension/opentelemetry-sdk-extension-aws/setup.cfg
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ package_dir=
     =src
 packages=find_namespace:
 install_requires =
-    opentelemetry-api ~= 1.3
     opentelemetry-sdk ~= 1.3
 
 [options.entry_points]