diff --git a/ecommerce/social_auth/tests/test_strategies.py b/ecommerce/social_auth/tests/test_strategies.py
index d76f152ca9b..1debc73da9f 100644
--- a/ecommerce/social_auth/tests/test_strategies.py
+++ b/ecommerce/social_auth/tests/test_strategies.py
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@
 import uuid
 from calendar import timegm
 
+import jwt
 import responses
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.test import override_settings
 from django.urls import reverse
-from jwkest.jwk import SYMKey
-from jwkest.jws import JWS
 from social_django.models import DjangoStorage
 
 from ecommerce.social_auth.strategies import CurrentSiteDjangoStrategy
@@ -58,12 +57,12 @@ def test_get_setting_raises_exception_on_missing_setting(self):
 
     def create_jwt(self, user):
         """
-        Creates a signed (JWS) ID token.
+        Creates a signed JWT ID token.
 
         Returns:
-            str: JWS
+            str: JWT
         """
-        key = SYMKey(key=self.site.siteconfiguration.oauth_settings['SOCIAL_AUTH_EDX_OAUTH2_SECRET'])
+        secret = self.site.siteconfiguration.oauth_settings['SOCIAL_AUTH_EDX_OAUTH2_SECRET']
         now = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
         expiration_datetime = now + datetime.timedelta(seconds=3600)
         issue_datetime = now
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ def create_jwt(self, user):
             'aud': self.site.siteconfiguration.oauth_settings['SOCIAL_AUTH_EDX_OAUTH2_KEY'],
             'exp': timegm(expiration_datetime.utctimetuple()),
         }
-        access_token = JWS(payload, jwk=key, alg='HS512').sign_compact()
+        access_token = jwt.encode(payload, secret, algorithm='HS512')
         return access_token
 
     def mock_access_token_jwt_response(self, user, status=200):
diff --git a/requirements/dev.txt b/requirements/dev.txt
index 4c480bd54d9..99dfbd9a6d6 100644
--- a/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -389,7 +389,6 @@ funcsigs==1.0.2
 future==0.18.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
-    #   pyjwkest
 getsmarter-api-clients==0.6.0
     # via -r requirements/test.txt
 gitdb==4.0.10
@@ -679,7 +678,6 @@ pycryptodomex==3.18.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
     #   cybersource-rest-client-python
-    #   pyjwkest
 pydata-sphinx-theme==0.13.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/docs.txt
@@ -692,8 +690,6 @@ pygments==2.15.1
     #   diff-cover
     #   pydata-sphinx-theme
     #   sphinx
-pyjwkest==1.4.2
-    # via -r requirements/test.txt
 pyjwt[crypto]==2.7.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/test.txt
@@ -848,7 +844,6 @@ requests==2.31.0
     #   inapppy
     #   naked
     #   paypalrestsdk
-    #   pyjwkest
     #   pytest-base-url
     #   pytest-selenium
     #   requests-file
@@ -928,7 +923,6 @@ six==1.16.0
     #   oauth2client
     #   paypalrestsdk
     #   purl
-    #   pyjwkest
     #   python-dateutil
     #   python-memcached
     #   requests-file
diff --git a/requirements/e2e.in b/requirements/e2e.in
index 116af7d0bd2..b76e03170c8 100644
--- a/requirements/e2e.in
+++ b/requirements/e2e.in
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 # Packages required to run e2e tests
 edx-rest-api-client
-pyjwkest
 pytest
 pytest-randomly
 pytest-selenium
diff --git a/requirements/e2e.txt b/requirements/e2e.txt
index 51f87ad3f34..dcd736d9fdc 100644
--- a/requirements/e2e.txt
+++ b/requirements/e2e.txt
@@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ edx-rest-api-client==5.5.2
     #   -r requirements/e2e.in
 exceptiongroup==1.1.1
     # via pytest
-future==0.18.3
-    # via pyjwkest
 idna==2.7
     # via
     #   -c requirements/base.txt
@@ -93,9 +91,6 @@ pycparser==2.21
 pycryptodomex==3.18.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/base.txt
-    #   pyjwkest
-pyjwkest==1.4.2
-    # via -r requirements/e2e.in
 pyjwt[crypto]==2.7.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/base.txt
@@ -142,7 +137,6 @@ requests==2.31.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/base.txt
     #   edx-rest-api-client
-    #   pyjwkest
     #   pytest-base-url
     #   pytest-selenium
     #   slumber
@@ -154,7 +148,6 @@ selenium==3.141.0
 six==1.16.0
     # via
     #   -c requirements/base.txt
-    #   pyjwkest
     #   tenacity
 slumber==0.7.1
     # via
diff --git a/requirements/test.txt b/requirements/test.txt
index 3b4a180a3cc..9478ada07c7 100644
--- a/requirements/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/test.txt
@@ -382,7 +382,6 @@ funcsigs==1.0.2
 future==0.18.3
     # via
     #   -r requirements/e2e.txt
-    #   pyjwkest
 getsmarter-api-clients==0.6.0
     # via -r requirements/base.txt
 google-api-core==2.11.1
@@ -658,13 +657,10 @@ pycryptodomex==3.18.0
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   -r requirements/e2e.txt
     #   cybersource-rest-client-python
-    #   pyjwkest
 pygments==2.15.1
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
     #   diff-cover
-pyjwkest==1.4.2
-    # via -r requirements/e2e.txt
 pyjwt[crypto]==2.7.0
     # via
     #   -r requirements/base.txt
@@ -823,7 +819,6 @@ requests==2.31.0
     #   inapppy
     #   naked
     #   paypalrestsdk
-    #   pyjwkest
     #   pytest-base-url
     #   pytest-selenium
     #   requests-file
@@ -905,7 +900,6 @@ six==1.16.0
     #   oauth2client
     #   paypalrestsdk
     #   purl
-    #   pyjwkest
     #   python-dateutil
     #   python-memcached
     #   requests-file