diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2ee10c8971..383a2e2727 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ def read_version():
         "urllib3>=1.21.1,!=1.25,!=1.25.1",
         "docker-compose>=1.25.2",
         "PyYAML>=5.3, <6",  # PyYAML version has to match docker-compose requirements
-        "psutil",
     ],
     "scipy": ["scipy>=0.19.0"],
 }
diff --git a/src/sagemaker/local/image.py b/src/sagemaker/local/image.py
index 573acafeb1..1c73833a4f 100644
--- a/src/sagemaker/local/image.py
+++ b/src/sagemaker/local/image.py
@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@
 import tempfile
 
 from distutils.spawn import find_executable
-from signal import SIGTERM
 from threading import Thread
 
-import psutil
 from six.moves.urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import sagemaker
@@ -843,8 +841,6 @@ def run(self):
 
     def down(self):
         """Placeholder docstring"""
-        for process in psutil.Process(self.process.pid).children():
-            process.send_signal(SIGTERM)
         self.process.terminate()