diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/ws/__init__.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/ws/__init__.py
index c00d29e22..055b20a9d 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/ws/__init__.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/ws/__init__.py
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # isort: off
 from freqtrade.rpc.api_server.ws.types import WebSocketType
 from freqtrade.rpc.api_server.ws.proxy import WebSocketProxy
-from freqtrade.rpc.api_server.ws.serializer import HybridJSONWebSocketSerializer, MsgPackWebSocketSerializer
+from freqtrade.rpc.api_server.ws.serializer import HybridJSONWebSocketSerializer
 from freqtrade.rpc.api_server.ws.channel import ChannelManager, WebSocketChannel
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/ws/serializer.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/ws/serializer.py
index 22d177f85..6c402a100 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/ws/serializer.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/ws/serializer.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 
-import msgpack
 import orjson
 import rapidjson
 from pandas import DataFrame
@@ -46,14 +45,6 @@ class HybridJSONWebSocketSerializer(WebSocketSerializer):
         return rapidjson.loads(data, object_hook=_json_object_hook)
 
 
-class MsgPackWebSocketSerializer(WebSocketSerializer):
-    def _serialize(self, data):
-        return msgpack.packb(data, use_bin_type=True)
-
-    def _deserialize(self, data):
-        return msgpack.unpackb(data, raw=False)
-
-
 # Support serializing pandas DataFrames
 def _json_default(z):
     if isinstance(z, DataFrame):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1ace139ee..1579ef55c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,5 @@ python-dateutil==2.8.2
 schedule==1.1.0
 
 #WS Messages
-websockets~=10.3
-msgpack~=1.0.4
+websockets==10.3
 janus==1.0.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c7b1f1c7c..2e6e354b0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ setup(
         'aiofiles',
         'schedule',
         'websockets',
-        'msgpack',
         'janus'
     ],
     extras_require={