diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 91a7086..1eeac95 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ repos:
         pass_filenames: false
         additional_dependencies:
           - --extra-index-url=https://pypi.anaconda.org/rapidsai-wheels-nightly/simple
-          - bashlex
           - freezegun
           - gitpython
           - packaging
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 542505f..209c85e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,10 +35,3 @@ def deprecated_function():
 ## Included hooks
 
 All hooks are listed in `.pre-commit-hooks.yaml`.
-
-## Acknowledgements
-
-This project uses Bashlex.
-
-- PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/bashlex/
-- GitHub: https://github.com/idank/bashlex
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 885a308..1f1e0a0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ classifiers = [
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [
     "PyYAML",
-    "bashlex",
     "gitpython",
     "levenshtein",
     "packaging",
@@ -76,7 +75,3 @@ testpaths = [
 pythonpath = [
     "tests/utils",
 ]
-
-[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
-module = "bashlex.*"
-ignore_missing_imports = true