diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
index 4fb5bee3..40124b27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install dependencies
         run: |
+          pip install ".[docs]"
           sudo apt-get -y update
           sudo apt-get -y install graphviz libclang1-11 libclang-cpp11
-          pip install -e .[docs,lint,test]
 
       - name: install doxygen from SF binary archives
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
index 5c3eb03e..a53ae8fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install dependencies
         run: |
-          pip install ".[docs,lint,test]"
+          pip install ".[test]"
 
       - name: run the unit tests
         run: make dev-test