diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index d35892f53..bacfccce4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libgirepository1.0-dev
-          python3 -m venv venv
+          python3 -m venv --system-site-packages venv
       - name: Install requirements into Python virtual environment
         if: steps.cache-venv.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         uses: ./.github/templates/run_in_venv
diff --git a/requirements_ci.txt b/requirements_ci.txt
index babe1d399..d0ee1c43a 100644
--- a/requirements_ci.txt
+++ b/requirements_ci.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 # Extra requirements for GitHub Actions CI
 opencv-python==4.6.0.66
 pycoral~=2.0
-pygobject
-vext
-vext.gi
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+pygobject
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