diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/sktime/sktime-0.25.0-gfbf-2023a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/sktime/sktime-0.25.0-gfbf-2023a.eb
index b5e07a105c3..86d063a85c3 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/sktime/sktime-0.25.0-gfbf-2023a.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/s/sktime/sktime-0.25.0-gfbf-2023a.eb
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ exts_list = [
     }),
 ]
 
-download_dep_fail = True
 use_pip = True
 sanity_pip_check = True