diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 281d61fb65e3434c34d95aefdd88ceaded01b5b6..7b77756c1fe58bf8659ca3eaa2f570891c42fb1b 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ Build-Depends:
  debhelper (>= 9),
  dh-python,
  python3-all,
- python3-igwn-auth-utils (>= 0.2.0),
+ python3-igwn-auth-utils (>= 0.3.1),
  python3-ligo-segments,
- python3-requests,
- python3-safe-netrc,
  python3-setuptools,
  help2man,
  python3-pytest (>= 2.8.0),
@@ -27,10 +25,8 @@ Architecture: all
 Depends:
  ${misc:Depends},
  ${python3:Depends},
- python3-igwn-auth-utils (>= 0.2.0),
+ python3-igwn-auth-utils (>= 0.3.1),
  python3-ligo-segments,
- python3-requests,
- python3-safe-netrc,
 Description: GW data discovery Python 3 library
  The DataFind service allows users to query for the location of
  Gravitational-Wave Frame (GWF) files containing data from the
diff --git a/gwdatafind.spec b/gwdatafind.spec
index 66ace9e526e66eaf8506466f7b54d097e42c66d8..1d7a36ae27057af2042346609ef34d71e47c5b60 100644
--- a/gwdatafind.spec
+++ b/gwdatafind.spec
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@ BuildRequires: python3-rpm-macros
 BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-setuptools
 
 # gwdatafind (requires all runtime requirements for python3-gwdatafind)
-BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-igwn-auth-utils >= 0.2.0
+BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-igwn-auth-utils >= 0.3.1
 BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-ligo-segments
-BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-requests
-BuildRequires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-safe-netrc
 BuildRequires: help2man
 
 # testing dependencies
@@ -62,10 +60,8 @@ libraries.
 
 %package -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{srcname}
 Summary:  Python %{python3_version} library for the GWDataFind service
-Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-igwn-auth-utils >= 0.2.0
+Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-igwn-auth-utils >= 0.3.1
 Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-ligo-segments
-Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-requests
-Requires: python%{python3_pkgversion}-safe-netrc
 %{?python_provide:%python_provide python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{srcname}}
 %description -n python%{python3_pkgversion}-%{srcname}
 The DataFind service allows users to query for the location of
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index a5ccb0fab157e488bcdf2187f88fb7bd9430973f..c6fe3a0361169c917bcc55a02f1e5c411d32029d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ python_requires = >=3.6
 setup_requires =
 	setuptools
 install_requires =
-	igwn-auth-utils[requests] >= 0.2.0
+	igwn-auth-utils >=0.3.1
 	ligo-segments
 
 [options.entry_points]