diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b89185d7e631b1e4e6c668295b18e19a5bce958a..3c9da79026468f29eb8bb90358d05e882fde8293 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Python 3 Nvidia K40:
   script:
   - export PY_EXE=python3
   - export PYOPENCL_TEST=nvi:k40
-  - export EXTRA_INSTALL="pybind11 cython numpy mako pyvisfile"
+  - export EXTRA_INSTALL="pybind11 cython numpy mako"
   # cython is here because pytential (for now, for TS) depends on it
   - curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/build-and-test-py-project.sh
   - ". ./build-and-test-py-project.sh"
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Python 3 POCL:
   - export PY_EXE=python3
   - export PYOPENCL_TEST=portable:pthread
   # cython is here because pytential (for now, for TS) depends on it
-  - export EXTRA_INSTALL="pybind11 cython numpy mako mpi4py pyvisfile"
+  - export EXTRA_INSTALL="pybind11 cython numpy mako mpi4py"
   - curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/build-and-test-py-project.sh
   - ". ./build-and-test-py-project.sh"
   tags:
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Python 3 POCL:
   - export PY_EXE=python3
   - export PYOPENCL_TEST=portable:pthread
   # cython is here because pytential (for now, for TS) depends on it
-  - export EXTRA_INSTALL="pybind11 cython numpy mako mpi4py pyvisfile"
+  - export EXTRA_INSTALL="pybind11 cython numpy mako mpi4py"
   - curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/build-and-test-py-project.sh
   - ". ./build-and-test-py-project.sh"
   tags:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 574e50949645b761b6f3579c87fbb4e1dbfecc5e..939b0e4bee93316cb24fa473d861158862014f57 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ numpy
 recursivenodes
 git+https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/pytools.git#egg=pytools
 git+https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/gmsh_interop.git#egg=gmsh_interop
+git+https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/pyvisfile.git#egg=pyvisfile
 git+https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/modepy.git#egg=modepy
 git+https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/pyopencl.git#egg=pyopencl
 git+https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/islpy.git#egg=islpy