diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 61d89aa..ed40095 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: gridtext
 Type: Package
 Title: Improved Text Rendering Support for 'Grid' Graphics
-Version: 0.1.2
+Version: 0.1.3
 Authors@R: 
     person(
       given = "Claus O.",
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ Imports:
     rlang,
     Rcpp,
     RCurl,
-    systemfonts,
     png,
     jpeg,
     stringr,
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 37eb9a8..2290047 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# gridtext 0.1.3
+
+- Remove unneeded systemfonts dependency.
+
 # gridtext 0.1.2
 
 - Fix build for testthat 3.0.