diff --git a/.github/actions/install_dependencies/action.yml b/.github/actions/install_dependencies/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 14cb4c9cc42..00000000000
--- a/.github/actions/install_dependencies/action.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-name: install_dependencies
-description: Installs dependencies for the pip build
-
-inputs:
-    os:
-        required: true
-
-
-runs:
-  using: "composite"
-  steps:
-    - name: Install Ubuntu dependencies
-      if: inputs.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
-      run: |
-        sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install libxcb-image0 libxcb-icccm4 libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-render0 libxcb-render-util0 libxcb-shape0 libxcb-shm0 libxcb-xfixes0 libxcb-xinerama0 libfontconfig1 libxcb-xkb1 libxkbcommon-x11-0 libdbus-1-3 x11-xserver-utils
-      shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index fc641efb38f..bfb7b87836a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -164,10 +164,6 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 0
         filter: tree:0
 
-    - uses: './.github/actions/install_dependencies'
-      with:
-        os: ${{ matrix.os }}
-
     - name: Install pandoc
       run: |
         sudo apt install pandoc