diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b10577a..ef5fc7f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "shortuuid>=0.5.0",
     "funcy>=1.14",
     "fsspec>=2022.10.0",
-    "typing-extensions>=3.7.4",
-    "packaging>=19",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
@@ -47,6 +45,7 @@ dev = [
     "dvc-objects[tests]",
     "mypy==1.7.1",
     "types-tqdm",
+    "typing-extensions>=3.7.4",
 ]
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
diff --git a/src/dvc_objects/fs/base.py b/src/dvc_objects/fs/base.py
index affc733..4b31830 100644
--- a/src/dvc_objects/fs/base.py
+++ b/src/dvc_objects/fs/base.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 )
 
 from fsspec.asyn import get_loop
-from funcy import once_per_args
 
 from dvc_objects.executors import ThreadPoolExecutor, batch_coros
 from dvc_objects.utils import cached_property
@@ -60,33 +59,6 @@ def __init__(self, link: str, fs: "FileSystem", path: str) -> None:
         )
 
 
-@once_per_args
-def check_required_version(
-    pkg: str, dist: str = "dvc_objects", log_level=logging.WARNING
-):
-    from importlib import metadata
-
-    from packaging.requirements import InvalidRequirement, Requirement
-
-    try:
-        reqs = {
-            r.name: r.specifier for r in map(Requirement, metadata.requires(dist) or [])
-        }
-        version = metadata.version(pkg)
-    except (metadata.PackageNotFoundError, InvalidRequirement):
-        return
-
-    specifier = reqs.get(pkg)
-    if specifier and version and version not in specifier:
-        logger.log(
-            log_level,
-            "'%s%s' is required, but you have %r installed which is incompatible.",
-            pkg,
-            specifier,
-            version,
-        )
-
-
 class FileSystem:
     sep = "/"
 
@@ -176,7 +148,6 @@ def get_missing_deps(cls) -> List[str]:
     def _check_requires(self, **kwargs):
         from .scheme import Schemes
 
-        check_required_version(pkg="fsspec")
         missing = self.get_missing_deps()
         if not missing:
             return