diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d3251af1f7c..29d516991df 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@
     "numpy<2.0",
 ]
 
-MYSQL_REQUIRES = ["SQLAlchemy==1.4.17"]
-
 NOTEBOOK_REQUIRES = ["jupyter"]
 
 UNITTEST_MINIMAL_REQUIRES = [
@@ -60,9 +58,7 @@
     "torchx",  # For torchx unit tests.
 ]
 
-UNITTEST_REQUIRES = (
-    DEV_REQUIRES + MYSQL_REQUIRES + NOTEBOOK_REQUIRES + UNITTEST_MINIMAL_REQUIRES
-)
+UNITTEST_REQUIRES = DEV_REQUIRES + NOTEBOOK_REQUIRES + UNITTEST_MINIMAL_REQUIRES
 
 TUTORIAL_REQUIRES = UNITTEST_REQUIRES + [
     "ray",  # Required for building RayTune tutorial notebook.
@@ -114,7 +110,6 @@ def setup_package() -> None:
         },
         extras_require={
             "dev": DEV_REQUIRES,
-            "mysql": MYSQL_REQUIRES,
             "notebook": NOTEBOOK_REQUIRES,
             "unittest": UNITTEST_REQUIRES,
             "unittest_minimal": UNITTEST_MINIMAL_REQUIRES,