diff --git a/base_requirements.txt b/base_requirements.txt
index caf7ba5f3..a57e88604 100644
--- a/base_requirements.txt
+++ b/base_requirements.txt
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ django-tables2
 # https://github.com/alex/django-taggit
 django-taggit
 
-# A Django REST Framework serializer which represents tags
-# https://github.com/glemmaPaul/django-taggit-serializer
-django-taggit-serializer
-
 # A Django field for representing time zones
 # https://github.com/mfogel/django-timezone-field/
 django-timezone-field
diff --git a/netbox/netbox/settings.py b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
index 30ad82bda..666f08276 100644
--- a/netbox/netbox/settings.py
+++ b/netbox/netbox/settings.py
@@ -282,7 +282,6 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'mptt',
     'rest_framework',
     'taggit',
-    'taggit_serializer',
     'timezone_field',
     'circuits',
     'dcim',
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 79e4fdd9f..eac5ca9d4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ django-prometheus==2.0.0
 django-rq==2.3.2
 django-tables2==2.3.1
 django-taggit==1.2.0
-django-taggit-serializer==0.1.7
 django-timezone-field==4.0
 djangorestframework==3.11.0
 drf-yasg[validation]==1.17.1