diff --git a/bin/ledger2beancount b/bin/ledger2beancount
index 7e940840..fd406534 100755
--- a/bin/ledger2beancount
+++ b/bin/ledger2beancount
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use utf8;
 use feature 'unicode_strings';
 use open qw/:std :locale/;
 
-use Carp::Assert;
 use Config::Onion;
 use Date::Calc qw/Add_Delta_Days/;
 use DateTime::Format::Strptime qw/strftime/;
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index b990d0af..86a48e79 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 
-requires 'Carp::Assert';
 requires 'Config::Onion';
 requires 'Date::Calc';
 requires 'DateTime::Format::Strptime', '>= 1.58';
diff --git a/docs/manual.md b/docs/manual.md
index 5bf56252..3ed14ffd 100644
--- a/docs/manual.md
+++ b/docs/manual.md
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ beancount.
 ledger2beancount is a Perl script and relies on the following Perl
 modules:
 
-* Carp::Assert
 * Config::Onion
 * Date::Calc
 * DateTime::Format::Strptime
@@ -46,8 +45,8 @@ You can install the required Perl modules with
 
 If you use Debian, you can install the dependencies with this command:
 
-    sudo apt install libcarp-assert-perl libconfig-onion-perl \
-        libdate-calc-perl libfile-basedir-perl libyaml-libyaml-perl \
+    sudo apt install libconfig-onion-perl libdate-calc-perl \
+        libfile-basedir-perl libyaml-libyaml-perl \
         libgetopt-long-descriptive-perl libdatetime-format-strptime-perl \
         libstring-interpolate-perl