diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3e0bdfce5d..2fdbd3d21a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ deps =
     iniparse
     pyyaml
     pykickstart
-    # required by pykickstart but not pulled in automatically :/
-    requests
 
 setenv =
     LINTABLES = osbuild/ assemblers/* devices/* inputs/* mounts/* runners/* sources/* stages/*.* stages/test/*.py