diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2161850265..9864be5f22 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/bradfitz/gomemcache v0.0.0-20190913173617-a41fca850d0b
 	github.com/centrifugal/centrifuge v0.13.0
 	github.com/cortexproject/cortex v1.4.1-0.20201022071705-85942c5703cf
-	github.com/crewjam/saml v0.4.6-0.20201227203850-bca570abb2ce
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb v0.0.0-20200910202707-1e08a3fab204
 	github.com/facebookgo/ensure v0.0.0-20160127193407-b4ab57deab51 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index df1510fa41..5e43389d91 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -283,8 +283,6 @@ github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsr
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.7/go.mod h1:lj5s0c3V2DBrqTV7llrYr5NG6My20zk30Fl46Y7DoTY=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/crewjam/httperr v0.0.0-20190612203328-a946449404da/go.mod h1:+rmNIXRvYMqLQeR4DHyTvs6y0MEMymTz4vyFpFkKTPs=
-github.com/crewjam/saml v0.4.6-0.20201227203850-bca570abb2ce h1:pAuTpLhCqC20s2RLhUirfw606jReW+8z2U5EvG+0S7E=
-github.com/crewjam/saml v0.4.6-0.20201227203850-bca570abb2ce/go.mod h1:/gCaeLf13J8/621RNZ6TaExji/8xCWcn6UmdJ57wURQ=
 github.com/crossdock/crossdock-go v0.0.0-20160816171116-049aabb0122b/go.mod h1:v9FBN7gdVTpiD/+LZ7Po0UKvROyT87uLVxTHVky/dlQ=
 github.com/cyberdelia/templates v0.0.0-20141128023046-ca7fffd4298c/go.mod h1:GyV+0YP4qX0UQ7r2MoYZ+AvYDp12OF5yg4q8rGnyNh4=
 github.com/cznic/b v0.0.0-20180115125044-35e9bbe41f07/go.mod h1:URriBxXwVq5ijiJ12C7iIZqlA69nTlI+LgI6/pwftG8=
diff --git a/pkg/extensions/main.go b/pkg/extensions/main.go
index 24031ace2e..6ec4349c33 100644
--- a/pkg/extensions/main.go
+++ b/pkg/extensions/main.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 
 	_ "github.com/beevik/etree"
 	_ "github.com/cortexproject/cortex/pkg/util"
-	_ "github.com/crewjam/saml"
 	_ "github.com/gobwas/glob"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/registry"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana/pkg/services/licensing"