diff --git a/eurostat_to_dbnomics.py b/eurostat_to_dbnomics.py
index 65dbc8d9ac084291a1ed2416205cc9ffe122885f..5fe50bfcbb0b2dd3462053670594d1a22ec91ea7 100755
--- a/eurostat_to_dbnomics.py
+++ b/eurostat_to_dbnomics.py
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ from dulwich.pack import deltify_pack_objects, load_pack_index, OFS_DELTA, REF_D
     write_pack_object, write_pack_header
 from dulwich.repo import Repo
 from lxml import etree
-from slugify import slugify
 import ujson as json
 
 from dbnomics_data_model import validators
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ provider_json = dict(
     code=provider_code,
     name="Eurostat",
     region="European Union",
-    slug=slugify(provider_code),
     terms_of_use="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/about/policies/copyright",
     website="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/home",
 )
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 05b4229dae3ce2d0c1c36aca162a65649df43579..0fb4fb323955c5623763552b98223a1807e0001f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ dbnomics-data-model >= 0.7, < 0.8
 lxml
 requests
 dulwich
-python-slugify
 ujson
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