drop opencv direct dependency (#9803)

melanieclarke · web-flow · commit d9b854eb190b · 2025-09-05T13:08:02.000-04:00
diff --git a/changes/9803.general.rst b/changes/9803.general.rst
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+Remove the direct dependency on opencv as this is unused within jwst code and only indirectly used via stcal (which has opencv as a dependency).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ dependencies = [
     # "gwcs>=0.22.0,<0.23.0",
     "gwcs @ git+https://github.com/spacetelescope/gwcs.git@master",
     "numpy>=1.25",
-    "opencv-python-headless>=4.6.0.66",
     "photutils>=2.1.0",
     "pyparsing>=2.2.1",
     "requests>=2.31",

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	`1`	`+Remove the direct dependency on opencv as this is unused within jwst code and only indirectly used via stcal (which has opencv as a dependency).`