diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 746fe16..1a1d94d 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ dependencies:
   - click
   - pytest
   - setuptools
-  - plotly
   - boto3
   - botocore
   - tqdm
diff --git a/pridepy/statistics/__init__.py b/pridepy/statistics/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/pridepy/statistics/statistics.py b/pridepy/statistics/statistics.py
deleted file mode 100644
index ddd3f98..0000000
--- a/pridepy/statistics/statistics.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-import plotly
-import plotly.graph_objs as go
-
-from pridepy.util.api_handling import Util
-
-base_url = "https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pride/ws/archive/v3/"
-
-
-class Statistics:
-    """
-    Statistics class supports to produce charts on PRIDE submission statistics.
-    """
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def plot_monthly_submissions(output_filename):
-        """
-        Plot monthly submission as a bar chart and save into a file
-        :param output_filename: html output file
-        :return:
-        """
-
-        # get monthly submission data from API
-        request_url = base_url + "stats/submissions-monthly"
-        headers = {"Accept": "application/JSON"}
-
-        response = Util.get_api_call(request_url, headers)
-        response_body = response.json()
-
-        # sort data by past to present
-        data = [
-            go.Bar(
-                x=[d[0] for d in response_body][::-1],
-                y=[d[1] for d in response_body][::-1],
-            )
-        ]
-
-        # plot the data in a bar chart
-        plotly.offline.plot(data, filename=output_filename, auto_open=True)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def plot_submissions_by_instrument(output_filename):
-        """
-        Plot submissions by instruments to visualise the pecentage of submission from different instruments.
-        :param output_filename:
-        :return: html output file
-        """
-        # Todo
-        pass
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 752924d..04f5804 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "pridepy"
-version = "0.0.11"
+version = "0.0.12"
 description = "Python Client library for PRIDE Rest API"
 authors = [
     "PRIDE Team <pride-support@ebi.ac.uk>",
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ python = "^3.9"
 requests = "^2.31.0"
 ratelimit = "^2.2.1"
 click = "^8.1.7"
-plotly = "^5.18.0"
 tqdm = "^4.66.1"
 boto3 = "^1.34.0"
 botocore = "^1.34.0"
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index f4178cc..bef43a0 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # recipe/meta.yaml
 package:
   name: pridepy
-  version: "0.0.8"
+  version: "0.0.12"
 
 source:
   path: ../
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ requirements:
     - click~=8.1.7
     - pytest~=8.0.2
     - setuptools
-    - plotly~=5.22.0
     - boto3~=1.34.61
     - botocore~=1.34.74
     - tqdm
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6750e0a..3bae141 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ ratelimit
 click
 pytest
 setuptools
-plotly
 boto3
 botocore
 tqdm