--- a/nipype/info.py
+++ b/nipype/info.py
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ REQUIRES = [
     'neurdflib',
     'click>=%s' % CLICK_MIN_VERSION,
     'funcsigs',
-    'pydotplus',
-    'pydot>=%s' % PYDOT_MIN_VERSION,
+    # 'pydotplus',
+    # 'pydot>=%s' % PYDOT_MIN_VERSION,
     'packaging',
     'futures',
     'configparser',
