diff --git a/mmengine/version.py b/mmengine/version.py
index dbf60e04c3..6a10718798 100644
--- a/mmengine/version.py
+++ b/mmengine/version.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) OpenMMLab. All rights reserved.
 
-__version__ = '0.10.7'
+__version__ = '0.11.0rc0'
 
 
 def parse_version_info(version_str):
diff --git a/requirements/runtime_lite.txt b/requirements/runtime_lite.txt
index 1c396a63d6..6ef260051b 100644
--- a/requirements/runtime_lite.txt
+++ b/requirements/runtime_lite.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 addict
 numpy
+opencv-python-headless
 pyyaml
 regex;sys_platform=='win32'
 rich
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4165915e46..5b1f7fc803 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -111,19 +111,6 @@ def gen_packages_items():
     install_requires = parse_requirements('requirements/runtime_lite.txt')
 else:
     install_requires = parse_requirements()
-    try:
-        # OpenCV installed via conda.
-        import cv2  # NOQA: F401
-        major, minor, *rest = cv2.__version__.split('.')
-        if int(major) < 3:
-            raise RuntimeError(
-                f'OpenCV >=3 is required but {cv2.__version__} is installed')
-    except ImportError:
-        # If first not installed install second package
-        CHOOSE_INSTALL_REQUIRES = [('opencv-python-headless>=3',
-                                    'opencv-python>=3')]
-        for main, secondary in CHOOSE_INSTALL_REQUIRES:
-            install_requires.append(choose_requirement(main, secondary))
 
 setup(
     name='mmengine'