diff --git a/recipes/__init__.py b/recipes/__init__.py
index 070e835d..e69de29b 100644
--- a/recipes/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
-
-# This will make sure the app is always imported when
-# Django starts so that shared_task will use this app.
-from .celery import app as celery_app
-
-__all__ = ('celery_app',)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 03e878ed..e01177b2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,5 +20,4 @@ simplejson==3.17.0
 six==1.15.0
 webdavclient3==3.14.4
 whitenoise==5.1.0
-icalendar==4.0.6
-Celery==4.4.5
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+icalendar==4.0.6
\ No newline at end of file