diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ebe621d..86f6b5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,18 +12,13 @@ terminal.
 Get `rich-pixels` from PyPI.
 
 ```
-pip install "rich-pixels[image]"
+pip install rich-pixels
 ```
 
-Be sure to install the `image` extras if you want to display images!
-Most functionality (currently) depends on these extras, so you'll probably need them.
-
 ## Basic Usage
 
 ### Images
 
-Requires the `image` extras to be installed (this will install `Pillow`).
-
 #### Image from a file
 
 You can load an image file from a path using `from_image_path`:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f6dcc8a..2303287 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,12 +9,8 @@ packages = [{ include = "rich_pixels" }]
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
 python = "^3.8"
 rich = "^12.0.0"
-# -- 'image' extras --
 pillow = "^9.0.0"
 
-[tool.poetry.extras]
-image = ["Pillow"]
-
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 black = "^22.10.0"
 mypy = "^0.990"
diff --git a/rich_pixels/__init__.py b/rich_pixels/__init__.py
index 5d27291..95bf8c6 100644
--- a/rich_pixels/__init__.py
+++ b/rich_pixels/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from rich_pixels._pixel import Pixels, PixelsError
+from rich_pixels._pixel import Pixels
diff --git a/rich_pixels/_pixel.py b/rich_pixels/_pixel.py
index 19b3835..9449bb3 100644
--- a/rich_pixels/_pixel.py
+++ b/rich_pixels/_pixel.py
@@ -3,22 +3,12 @@
 from pathlib import Path, PurePath
 from typing import Iterable, Mapping
 
+from PIL import Image
+from PIL.Image import Resampling
 from rich.console import Console, ConsoleOptions, RenderResult
 from rich.segment import Segment, Segments
 from rich.style import Style
 
-try:
-    from PIL import Image
-    from PIL.Image import Resampling
-
-    _PIL_INSTALLED = True
-except ImportError:
-    _PIL_INSTALLED = False
-
-
-class PixelsError(Exception):
-    pass
-
 
 class Pixels:
     def __init__(self) -> None:
@@ -51,12 +41,6 @@ def from_image_path(
     def _segments_from_image(
         image: "Image", resize: tuple[int, int] | None = None
     ) -> list[Segment]:
-        if not _PIL_INSTALLED:
-            raise PixelsError(
-                "Methods like from_image and from_image_path require "
-                "the 'image' extra dependencies to be installed."
-            )
-
         if resize:
             image = image.resize(resize, resample=Resampling.NEAREST)
 
@@ -126,7 +110,7 @@ def __rich_console__(
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     console = Console()
-    images_path = Path(__file__).parent / "../.sample_data/images"
+    images_path = Path(__file__).parent / "../tests/.sample_data/images"
     pixels = Pixels.from_image_path(images_path / "bulbasaur.png")
     console.print(pixels)