diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11d63c8..6d1a8e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ print(job.results['fasta'])
 Using the widget via Jupyter Notebook:
 
 ```jupyter
-!pip install r2dt_client[widget]
+!pip install r2dt_client
 
 from r2dt_client import setup, draw
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0efc416..970dd16 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ dependencies = [
     "diskcache<6.0.0,>=5.6.3",
     "httpx<1.0.0,>=0.26.0",
     "yarl<2.0.0,>=1.9.4",
+    "ipython",
+    "ipywidgets",
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.9,<4.0"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -24,12 +26,6 @@ Changelog = "https://github.com/anayden/r2dt-client/releases"
 homepage = "https://github.com/anayden/r2dt-client"
 repository = "https://github.com/anayden/r2dt-client"
 
-[project.optional-dependencies]
-widgets = [
-    "ipython",
-    "ipywidgets",
-]
-
 [tool.pdm]
 package-type = "library"
 
diff --git a/src/r2dt_client/widgets/widget.py b/src/r2dt_client/widgets/widget.py
index 61b70a2..bfde8e4 100644
--- a/src/r2dt_client/widgets/widget.py
+++ b/src/r2dt_client/widgets/widget.py
@@ -1,15 +1,9 @@
 import threading
 import time
 
-
-try:
-    from IPython.display import clear_output  # type: ignore
-    from IPython.display import display  # type: ignore
-    from ipywidgets import ValueWidget  # type: ignore
-
-    _HAS_IPYWIDGETS = True
-except ImportError:
-    _HAS_IPYWIDGETS = False
+from IPython.display import clear_output  # type: ignore
+from IPython.display import display  # type: ignore
+from ipywidgets import ValueWidget  # type: ignore
 
 from r2dt_client import fetch_results_for
 from r2dt_client import submit
@@ -37,15 +31,6 @@ def _display_svg(svg_content):
 
 
 def draw(sequence: str) -> None:
-    if not _HAS_IPYWIDGETS:
-        print(
-            "This function is only available in Jupyter Notebook and "
-            "after installing the library with 'pip install "
-            "r2dt_client[widgets]'\nConsider using standard API - submit, "
-            "update_status_for, fetch_results_for - instead."
-        )
-        return
-
     job = submit(sequence)
 
     spinner = _display_spinner()