diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
index c9aef1f..883a71c 100644
--- a/Build.PL
+++ b/Build.PL
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ my $build = Module::Build->new(
     requires => {
         'perl'        => '5.006',
         'Carp'        => 0,
-        'File::Slurp' => 0,
         'IO::File'    => 0,
     },
     script_files => [ 'bin/stow' ],
diff --git a/META.json b/META.json
index 5aa0aa4..d895aea 100644
--- a/META.json
+++ b/META.json
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
       "runtime" : {
          "requires" : {
             "Carp" : 0,
-            "File::Slurp" : 0,
             "IO::File" : 0,
             "perl" : "5.006"
          }
diff --git a/META.yml b/META.yml
index e79b3a2..7313ed4 100644
--- a/META.yml
+++ b/META.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ provides:
     version: 0
 requires:
   Carp: 0
-  File::Slurp: 0
   IO::File: 0
   perl: 5.006
 resources: