diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e6111df27565f6e047b089c7a9cff51254425936..434866350d1fbf6ed2794560270c854616f39fac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -117,18 +117,6 @@ jobs:
                 cd "$DOWNSTREAM_PROJECT"
                 echo "*** $DOWNSTREAM_PROJECT version: $(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 
-                sed -i "/egg=arraycontext/ c git+file://$(readlink -f ..)#egg=arraycontext" requirements.txt
-
-                # downstream projects might not be using PytatoArrayContext, force
-                # pytato as a requirement so that using PytatoArrayContext in the
-                # downstream package's tests doesn't result in a failure.
-                if grep -q "pytato"  requirements.txt
-                then
-                    echo "$DOWNSTREAM_PROJECT already has pytato as a requiement";
-                else
-                    echo "git+https://github.com/inducer/pytato.git#egg=pytato" >> requirements.txt
-                fi
-
                 # Avoid slow or complicated tests in downstream projects
                 export PYTEST_ADDOPTS="-k 'not (slowtest or octave or mpi)'"