diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
index 9078ee4ad..4f703c125 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python -m pip install "napari/[all]"
-          python -m pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
         env:
           PIP_CONSTRAINT: ${{ github.workspace }}/napari/resources/constraints/constraints_py3.10_docs.txt
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_docs.yml
index 7745f49b4..0e3d5e4ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_docs.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python -m pip install "napari-repo/[all]"  -c "napari-repo/resources/constraints/constraints_py3.10_docs.txt"
-          python -m pip install -r docs/requirements.txt 
         # -c "napari-repo/resources/constraints/constraints_py3.10_docs.txt"
       - name: Testing
         run: |