diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 6d4c9ec0b..407ecae57 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Install requirements
           command: |
-            python3 -m pip install -e "./pyodide-build[deploy]"
+            python3 -m pip install -r requirements-deploy.txt
 
             wget https://github.com/tcnksm/ghr/releases/download/v0.16.2/ghr_v0.16.2_linux_amd64.tar.gz
             tar xzf ghr_v0.16.2_linux_amd64.tar.gz
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Install requirements
           command: |
-            python3 -m pip install -e "./pyodide-build[deploy]"
+            python3 -m pip install -r requirements-deploy.txt
       - run:
           name: Set PYODIDE_BASE_URL
           command: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index ad43ec47e..d7e928f89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
           mkdir test-results
-          cd pyodide-build && python3 -m pip install -e ".[test,deploy]" && cd ..
-          python3 -m pip install pytest-cov hypothesis pytz
+          cd pyodide-build && python3 -m pip install -e ".[test]" && cd ..
+          python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-deploy.txt
       - name: Run tests
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
diff --git a/pyodide-build/pyproject.toml b/pyodide-build/pyproject.toml
index 3f61c7cb9..f1dd9dbda 100644
--- a/pyodide-build/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyodide-build/pyproject.toml
@@ -66,10 +66,6 @@ test = [
     "pytest-httpserver",
     "packaging",
 ]
-deploy = [
-    "boto3",
-    "moto",
-]
 
 [tool.hatch]
 version.path = "pyodide_build/__init__.py"
diff --git a/requirements-deploy.txt b/requirements-deploy.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a846a3fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-deploy.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# used to deploy files to s3
+boto3
+moto
+typer
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 476a1e0cc..690e4d945 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-# build
-cmake
-ruamel.yaml
+
 # lint
 pre-commit
 # testing
diff --git a/src/tests/test_console.py b/src/tests/test_console.py
index 041056c3f..6bd4ff4e6 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_console.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_console.py
@@ -119,8 +119,7 @@ def test_interactive_console():
         assert await get_result("") is None
         assert await get_result("factorial(10)") == 3628800
 
-        assert await get_result("import pytz") is None
-        assert await get_result("pytz.utc.zone") == "UTC"
+        assert await get_result("import pathlib") is None
 
         fut = shell.push("1+")
         assert fut.syntax_check == "syntax-error"