diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
index 30494a0..0e13d62 100644
--- a/Containerfile
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -13,8 +13,4 @@ from quay.io/buildah/stable:latest
 
 RUN dnf --nodocs --setopt install_weak_deps=false -y install less git make podman qemu qemu-user-static buildah clamav clamav-freshclam
 
-COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
-RUN python3 -m ensurepip
-RUN pip3 install --no-input -r requirements.txt
-
 WORKDIR /opt/app-root/src/
diff --git a/create_dev_image.sh b/create_dev_image.sh
index ce4f871..3762284 100755
--- a/create_dev_image.sh
+++ b/create_dev_image.sh
@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ fi
 # install curl in /build
 buildah run $bdr make DESTDIR="/build/" install  -j$(nproc)
 
-# install useful dev deps¡
-buildah run $bdr python3 -m ensurepip
-#buildah run $bdr pip3 --no-input install -r ./requirements.txt
-
 # label image
 buildah config --label org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/curl/curl-container" $bdr
 buildah config --label org.opencontainers.image.description="minimal dev image for curl" $bdr
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 047213b..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-pytest
-pytest-cov
-pytest-sugar
-factory-boy
-lxml
-behave
\ No newline at end of file