diff --git a/mmgen/rpc.py b/mmgen/rpc.py
index 3487bac2..cb1ef2e3 100755
--- a/mmgen/rpc.py
+++ b/mmgen/rpc.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class RPCBackends:
 			if caller.auth_type:
 				auth = 'HTTP' + caller.auth_type.capitalize() + 'Auth'
 				self.session.auth = getattr(requests.auth,auth)(*caller.auth)
-			if self.proxy:
+			if self.proxy: # used only by XMR for now: requires pysocks package
 				self.session.proxies.update({
 					'http':  f'socks5h://{self.proxy}',
 					'https': f'socks5h://{self.proxy}'
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 3def017a..2f3c3bd1 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ install_requires =
 	ecdsa
 	aiohttp
 	requests
-	pysocks # xmrwallet.py
 	pexpect
 	scrypt; platform_system != "Windows" # must be installed by hand on MSYS2
 	semantic-version; platform_system != "Windows" # scripts/create-token.py
diff --git a/xmr-requirements.txt b/xmr-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02c50b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xmr-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pycryptodomex
+pysocks