diff --git a/freqtrade/exchange/bittrex.py b/freqtrade/exchange/bittrex.py
index 1299c714a..2be81be2d 100644
--- a/freqtrade/exchange/bittrex.py
+++ b/freqtrade/exchange/bittrex.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import logging
-import requests
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 
 from bittrex.bittrex import Bittrex as _Bittrex
@@ -15,20 +14,6 @@ _API: _Bittrex = None
 _API_V2: _Bittrex = None
 _EXCHANGE_CONF: dict = {}
 
-# API socket timeout
-API_TIMEOUT = 60
-
-
-def custom_requests(request_url, apisign):
-    """
-    Set timeout for requests
-    """
-    return requests.get(
-        request_url,
-        headers={"apisign": apisign},
-        timeout=API_TIMEOUT
-    ).json()
-
 
 class Bittrex(Exchange):
     """
@@ -47,14 +32,12 @@ class Bittrex(Exchange):
             api_secret=_EXCHANGE_CONF['secret'],
             calls_per_second=1,
             api_version=API_V1_1,
-            dispatch=custom_requests
         )
         _API_V2 = _Bittrex(
             api_key=_EXCHANGE_CONF['key'],
             api_secret=_EXCHANGE_CONF['secret'],
             calls_per_second=1,
             api_version=API_V2_0,
-            dispatch=custom_requests
         )
         self.cached_ticker = {}
 
diff --git a/freqtrade/tests/exchange/test_exchange_bittrex.py b/freqtrade/tests/exchange/test_exchange_bittrex.py
index 1d1c7fa24..99a964815 100644
--- a/freqtrade/tests/exchange/test_exchange_bittrex.py
+++ b/freqtrade/tests/exchange/test_exchange_bittrex.py
@@ -345,8 +345,3 @@ def test_validate_response_min_trade_requirement_not_met():
     }
     with pytest.raises(ContentDecodingError, match=r'.*MIN_TRADE_REQUIREMENT_NOT_MET.*'):
         Bittrex._validate_response(response)
-
-
-def test_custom_requests(mocker):
-    mocker.patch('freqtrade.exchange.bittrex.requests', MagicMock())
-    btx.custom_requests('http://', '')
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 01490e298..a21d53087 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-python-bittrex==0.2.2
+python-bittrex==0.3.0
 SQLAlchemy==1.2.2
 python-telegram-bot==9.0.0
 arrow==0.12.1