diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d4ab7442..41aed1bb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 requirements = [
     'urllib3>=1.9',
-    "pandas>=1.2.2, <1.3",
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/src/crate/client/cursor.py b/src/crate/client/cursor.py
index c8f6837e..ba5982f0 100644
--- a/src/crate/client/cursor.py
+++ b/src/crate/client/cursor.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 from .exceptions import ProgrammingError
 import warnings
-import pandas as pd
+from datetime import datetime
 
 
 class Cursor(object):
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ def _transform_date_columns(row, gen_flags):
         Generates iterates over each value from a row and converts timestamps to pandas TIMESTAMP
         """
         for value in row:
-            flag = next(gen_flags)
+            try:
+                flag = next(gen_flags)
+            except StopIteration:
+                break
 
             if not flag or value is None:
                 yield value
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ def _transform_date_columns(row, gen_flags):
                 if value < 0:
                     yield None
                 else:
-                    value = pd.Timestamp(float(str(value)[0:13]), unit='ms')
+                    value = datetime.fromtimestamp(value/1000)
                     yield value
 
     def executemany(self, sql, seq_of_parameters):