diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 54802ad89..111cd5f3f 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -15,4 +15,3 @@ click==6.7
 inflection==0.3.1
 lxml==4.2.3
 beautifulsoup4==4.6.0
-PyJWT==1.6.4
diff --git a/tests/test_cognitoidp/test_cognitoidp.py b/tests/test_cognitoidp/test_cognitoidp.py
index d1d57f307..98153feef 100644
--- a/tests/test_cognitoidp/test_cognitoidp.py
+++ b/tests/test_cognitoidp/test_cognitoidp.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import boto3
 import json
 import os
 import uuid
-import jwt
 
 from jose import jws
 
@@ -448,9 +447,6 @@ def authentication_flow(conn):
 
     result["AuthenticationResult"]["IdToken"].should_not.be.none
     result["AuthenticationResult"]["AccessToken"].should_not.be.none
-    jwt.decode(
-        result["AuthenticationResult"]["AccessToken"], verify=False
-    ).get(user_attribute_name, '').should.be.equal(user_attribute_value)
 
     return {
         "user_pool_id": user_pool_id,