diff --git a/gstlal-calibration/configure.ac b/gstlal-calibration/configure.ac
index a13c8f4cc57999da541a86c0f66e1b1f41884cd4..d94b35cb2aeee22578320544c7c1a9fa4c0373db 100644
--- a/gstlal-calibration/configure.ac
+++ b/gstlal-calibration/configure.ac
@@ -225,14 +225,12 @@ AC_SUBST([LAL_LIBS])
 
 
 #
-# Check for glue and pylal
+# Check for glue
 #
 
 
 AC_SUBST([MIN_GLUE_VERSION], [1.50])
-AC_SUBST([MIN_PYLAL_VERSION], [0.9.0])
 AX_PYTHON_GLUE()
-AX_PYTHON_PYLAL()
 
 
 #
diff --git a/gstlal-calibration/gstlal-calibration.spec.in b/gstlal-calibration/gstlal-calibration.spec.in
index 6638a7eb25d3421b003ededa61dddb45daaa9579..a4fc625cc47d5786cc53cada08a47e06dd2e671c 100644
--- a/gstlal-calibration/gstlal-calibration.spec.in
+++ b/gstlal-calibration/gstlal-calibration.spec.in
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ Requires: gstlal-ugly >= @MIN_GSTLALUGLY_VERSION@
 Requires: python >= @MIN_PYTHON_VERSION@
 Requires: glue >= @MIN_GLUE_VERSION@
 Requires: glue-segments >= @MIN_GLUE_VERSION@
-Requires: python-pylal >= @MIN_PYLAL_VERSION@
 Requires: %{gstreamername} >= @MIN_GSTREAMER_VERSION@
 Requires: %{gstreamername}-plugins-base >= @MIN_GSTREAMER_VERSION@
 Requires: %{gstreamername}-plugins-good >= @MIN_GSTREAMER_VERSION@