diff --git a/IPython/core/tests/test_display.py b/IPython/core/tests/test_display.py
index c6e13b9..2abd8cb 100644
--- a/IPython/core/tests/test_display.py
+++ b/IPython/core/tests/test_display.py
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ def _get_inline_config():
     return InlineBackend.instance()
 
 
-@dec.skip_without("ipykernel")
 @dec.skip_without("matplotlib")
 def test_set_matplotlib_close():
     cfg = _get_inline_config()
@@ -196,7 +195,6 @@ def test_set_matplotlib_formats():
                 assert Figure not in f
 
 
-@dec.skip_without("ipykernel")
 @dec.skip_without("matplotlib")
 def test_set_matplotlib_formats_kwargs():
     from matplotlib.figure import Figure
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ce8e168..bc536a8 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ extras_require = dict(
         "curio",
         "matplotlib!=3.2.0",
         "nbformat",
-        "ipykernel",
         "numpy>=1.17",
         "pandas",
         "pygments",