diff --git a/ckanext/validation/settings.py b/ckanext/validation/settings.py
index 003bc136..bf2dc7ac 100644
--- a/ckanext/validation/settings.py
+++ b/ckanext/validation/settings.py
@@ -3,12 +3,32 @@
 import json
 
 import ckantoolkit as tk
-from tabulator.config import PARSERS
+
 
 import ckan.plugins as plugins
 
 from ckanext.validation.interfaces import IDataValidation
 
+try:
+    from tabulator.config import PARSERS
+except NameError:
+    # Point in time list of parsers from v1.53.5 if library Tabulator not loaded
+    PARSERS = {
+        'csv': 'tabulator.parsers.csv.CSVParser',
+        'datapackage': 'tabulator.parsers.datapackage.DataPackageParser',
+        'gsheet': 'tabulator.parsers.gsheet.GsheetParser',
+        'html': 'tabulator.parsers.html.HTMLTableParser',
+        'inline': 'tabulator.parsers.inline.InlineParser',
+        'json': 'tabulator.parsers.json.JSONParser',
+        'jsonl': 'tabulator.parsers.ndjson.NDJSONParser',
+        'ndjson': 'tabulator.parsers.ndjson.NDJSONParser',
+        'ods': 'tabulator.parsers.ods.ODSParser',
+        'sql': 'tabulator.parsers.sql.SQLParser',
+        'tsv': 'tabulator.parsers.tsv.TSVParser',
+        'xls': 'tabulator.parsers.xls.XLSParser',
+        'xlsx': 'tabulator.parsers.xlsx.XLSXParser',
+    }
+
 SUPPORTED_FORMATS_KEY = u"ckanext.validation.formats"
 DEFAULT_SUPPORTED_FORMATS = [u'csv', u'xls', u'xlsx']
 DEFAULT_VALIDATION_OPTIONS_KEY = "ckanext.validation.default_validation_options"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d939f799..ccb14fba 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 ckantoolkit>=0.0.3
 goodtables==1.5.1
-tabulator==1.53.5
 six>=1.13.0
 -e git+https://github.com/ckan/ckanext-scheming.git@release-3.0.0#egg=ckanext-scheming