diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5eaf3fc..bc5a715 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ MarkupSafe==2.1.3
 mccabe==0.6.1
 mistune==0.8.4
 mock==2.0.0
-monotonic==1.6
 multidict==5.1.0
 packaging==21.0
 pbr==5.11.1
diff --git a/segment/analytics/consumer.py b/segment/analytics/consumer.py
index a78f2d3..1c47157 100644
--- a/segment/analytics/consumer.py
+++ b/segment/analytics/consumer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import logging
+import time
 from threading import Thread
-import monotonic
 import backoff
 import json
 
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ def next(self):
         queue = self.queue
         items = []
 
-        start_time = monotonic.monotonic()
+        start_time = time.monotonic()
         total_size = 0
 
         while len(items) < self.upload_size:
-            elapsed = monotonic.monotonic() - start_time
+            elapsed = time.monotonic() - start_time
             if elapsed >= self.upload_interval:
                 break
             try:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0f3da9e..8f8edfe 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 
 install_requires = [
     "requests~=2.7",
-    "monotonic~=1.5",
     "backoff~=2.1",
     "python-dateutil~=2.2"
 ]