diff --git a/news/time.rst b/news/time.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d13116
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/time.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* remove time dependency in pip, conda.txt
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>
diff --git a/requirements/conda.txt b/requirements/conda.txt
index 9de315b..f28dfd3 100644
--- a/requirements/conda.txt
+++ b/requirements/conda.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 h5py
-time
 tk
 matplotlib-base
 numpy
diff --git a/requirements/pip.txt b/requirements/pip.txt
index f8febd0..3d4ebed 100644
--- a/requirements/pip.txt
+++ b/requirements/pip.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 h5py
-time
 tk
 matplotlib
 numpy
diff --git a/src/diffpy/fourigui/fourigui.py b/src/diffpy/fourigui/fourigui.py
index 88dd866..f0323f1 100755
--- a/src/diffpy/fourigui/fourigui.py
+++ b/src/diffpy/fourigui/fourigui.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import time
 import tkinter as tk
 from tkinter.ttk import Button
 
@@ -392,15 +391,12 @@ def fft(self):
         """
 
         def perform_fft(fftholder):
-            time0 = time.time()
             fftholder = np.nan_to_num(fftholder)
             size = list(fftholder.shape)
             fftholder = np.fft.ifftshift(fftholder)
             fftholder = np.fft.fftn(fftholder, s=size, norm="ortho")
             fftholder = np.fft.fftshift(fftholder)
             fftholder = fftholder.real
-            fftdur = time.time() - time0
-            print("- FFT performed in {} sec.".format(round(fftdur, 4)))
             return fftholder
 
         if not self.transformed and not self.transcutted:  # no fft at all yet
@@ -469,7 +465,6 @@ def applycutoff(self):
         """
         if not self.cutted:
 
-            time0 = time.time()
             X, Y, Z = self.cube.shape
             sphere = np.ones((X, Y, Z))
             qmin = float(self.qminentry.get())
@@ -482,13 +477,11 @@ def applycutoff(self):
             R2 = (XS - X // 2) ** 2 + (YS - Y // 2) ** 2 + (ZS - Z // 2) ** 2
             mask = (R2 <= r2_inner) | (R2 >= r2_outer)
             sphere[mask] = np.nan
-            cutdur = time.time() - time0
 
             if self.space.get():
                 self.cube_real = self.cube
                 self.cube = self.cube_reci * sphere
                 self.cube_recicut = self.cube
-                print("- Cutoff below {} and beyond {} in {} sec.".format(qmin, qmax, round(cutdur, 4)))
                 self.fft()
             else:
                 self.cube_reci = self.cube
@@ -496,7 +489,6 @@ def applycutoff(self):
                 self.cube_recicut = self.cube
                 self.plot_plane()
                 self.intensity_upd_global()
-                print("- Cutoff below {} and beyond {} in {} sec.".format(qmin, qmax, round(cutdur, 4)))
 
             self.cutted = True