diff --git a/deptry/config.py b/deptry/config.py
index 12232084..73eed46c 100644
--- a/deptry/config.py
+++ b/deptry/config.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
 
 import toml
-from typeguard import TypeCheckError, check_type
 
 DEFAULTS = {"ignore_dependencies": None, "ignore_directories": [".venv"], "ignore_notebooks": False}
 
@@ -46,16 +45,10 @@ def _read_configuration_from_pyproject_toml(self) -> Optional[Dict]:
 
     def _override_with_toml_argument(self, argument: str, expected_type: Any, pyproject_toml_config: Dict) -> None:
         """
-        If argument is found in pyproject.toml, check if it's the correct type and then override the default argument with the found value.
+        If argument is found in pyproject.toml, override the default argument with the found value.
         """
         if argument in pyproject_toml_config:
             value = pyproject_toml_config[argument]
-            try:
-                check_type(value, expected_type)
-            except TypeCheckError:
-                raise TypeCheckError(
-                    f"Invalid argument supplied for `{argument}` in pyproject.toml. Should be {str(expected_type)}"
-                )
             setattr(self, argument, value)
             self._log_changed_by_pyproject_toml(argument, value)
 
diff --git a/notebooks/Untitled.ipynb b/notebooks/Untitled.ipynb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..039d76f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notebooks/Untitled.ipynb
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 1,
+   "id": "064f4445-752d-48e7-bbac-72fe198e28a2",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "import ast"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 2,
+   "id": "6d2dda83-00d2-407a-87ff-b602b415cb5c",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "root = ast.parse(\n",
+    "\"\"\"\n",
+    "x=1\n",
+    "import pandas as pd\n",
+    "from numpy import random\n",
+    "if x>0:\n",
+    "    import click\n",
+    "elif x<0:\n",
+    "    from typing import List\n",
+    "else:\n",
+    "    import logging\n",
+    "\"\"\")"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 3,
+   "id": "00957720-c90a-47be-bb95-4e59dcc026d3",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "<ast.Module at 0x110524fd0>"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 3,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "root"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 8,
+   "id": "729215e5-abc3-4dae-98f7-96ab7c41727a",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "<ast.Assign object at 0x110524fa0>\n",
+      "<ast.Import object at 0x110524f10>\n",
+      "<ast.ImportFrom object at 0x110524e50>\n",
+      "<ast.If object at 0x110524e20>\n",
+      "<ast.Compare object at 0x110524be0>\n",
+      "<ast.ImportFrom object at 0x110524b20>\n",
+      "<ast.Import object at 0x1105249a0>\n"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "for node in ast.iter_child_nodes(root):\n",
+    "    print(node)\n",
+    "    if isinstance(node, ast.If):\n",
+    "        for node in ast.iter_child_nodes(node):\n",
+    "            if isinstance(node, ast.If):\n",
+    "                for node in ast.iter_child_nodes(node):\n",
+    "                    print(node)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 6,
+   "id": "8f70351b-1852-4628-b683-db42be55e943",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "ename": "TypeError",
+     "evalue": "'Module' object is not subscriptable",
+     "output_type": "error",
+     "traceback": [
+      "\u001b[0;31m---------------------------------------------------------------------------\u001b[0m",
+      "\u001b[0;31mTypeError\u001b[0m                                 Traceback (most recent call last)",
+      "Input \u001b[0;32mIn [6]\u001b[0m, in \u001b[0;36m<cell line: 1>\u001b[0;34m()\u001b[0m\n\u001b[0;32m----> 1\u001b[0m \u001b[38;5;28;01mfor\u001b[39;00m node \u001b[38;5;129;01min\u001b[39;00m ast\u001b[38;5;241m.\u001b[39miter_child_nodes(\u001b[43mroot\u001b[49m\u001b[43m[\u001b[49m\u001b[38;5;241;43m3\u001b[39;49m\u001b[43m]\u001b[49m):\n\u001b[1;32m      2\u001b[0m     \u001b[38;5;28mprint\u001b[39m(node)\n",
+      "\u001b[0;31mTypeError\u001b[0m: 'Module' object is not subscriptable"
+     ]
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "for node in ast.iter_child_nodes(root):\n",
+    "    print(node)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "d4978dbe-2173-404f-a46a-8839e09a4e52",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": []
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "Python 3 (ipykernel)",
+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python3"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": {
+    "name": "ipython",
+    "version": 3
+   },
+   "file_extension": ".py",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+   "name": "python",
+   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
+   "version": "3.9.11"
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 5
+}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fe9cda89..36797b47 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ python = ">=3.8,<3.11"
 toml = "^0.10.2"
 isort = "^5.10.1"
 click = "^8.1.3"
-typeguard = {git = "https://github.com/agronholm/typeguard.git", rev = "master"}
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 black = "^22.6.0"