diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bca674ff8836c2dc67a31e2da024c6d8f95c1651..bdb2b26779abbf1784c5aeaf2b9a2cf96965649c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "losoto",
     "numpy",
     "pandas",
-    "pyrap",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/scripts/compareStationListVLBI.py b/scripts/compareStationListVLBI.py
index 9333d702fa1435c182809b70c8957f5dab103754..c43444e2e1dbad39f82615376f6bdfe45ad1bd52 100644
--- a/scripts/compareStationListVLBI.py
+++ b/scripts/compareStationListVLBI.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #from lofarpipe.support.data_map import DataMap, DataProduct
-import pyrap.tables as pt
+import casacore.tables as pt
 from losoto.h5parm import h5parm
 import logging