diff --git a/vignettes/web_only/basic-intro.Rmd b/vignettes/web_only/basic-intro.Rmd
index 840f04c3c..6ffc40a8e 100644
--- a/vignettes/web_only/basic-intro.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/web_only/basic-intro.Rmd
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ vignette: >
 ```{r setup, include = FALSE, cache=FALSE}
 dplyr_installed <- require("dplyr", quietly = TRUE)
 ggplot_installed <- require("ggplot2", quietly = TRUE)
-inla_installed <- require("INLA", quietly = TRUE)
 sdmTMBextra_installed <- require("sdmTMBextra", quietly = TRUE)
-pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed && inla_installed && sdmTMBextra_installed
+pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed && sdmTMBextra_installed
 EVAL <- identical(Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN"), "true") && pkgs
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
   collapse = TRUE,
diff --git a/vignettes/web_only/bayesian.Rmd b/vignettes/web_only/bayesian.Rmd
index 88c4403ab..455405291 100644
--- a/vignettes/web_only/bayesian.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/web_only/bayesian.Rmd
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ vignette: >
 ```{r setup, include = FALSE, cache=FALSE}
 dplyr_installed <- require("dplyr", quietly = TRUE)
 ggplot_installed <- require("ggplot2", quietly = TRUE)
-inla_installed <- sdmTMB::inla_installed()
 tmbstan <- requireNamespace("tmbstan", quietly = TRUE)
 rstan <- requireNamespace("rstan", quietly = TRUE)
 bayesplot <- requireNamespace("bayesplot", quietly = TRUE)
-pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed && inla_installed && tmbstan && rstan && bayesplot
+pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed && tmbstan && rstan && bayesplot
 EVAL <- identical(Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN"), "true") && pkgs
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
   collapse = TRUE,
diff --git a/vignettes/web_only/cross-validation.Rmd b/vignettes/web_only/cross-validation.Rmd
index 392e5bc7b..2eb4669e3 100644
--- a/vignettes/web_only/cross-validation.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/web_only/cross-validation.Rmd
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ vignette: >
 ```{r setup, include = FALSE, cache=FALSE}
 dplyr_installed <- require("dplyr", quietly = TRUE)
 ggplot_installed <- require("ggplot2", quietly = TRUE)
-inla_installed <- sdmTMB::inla_installed()
-pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed && inla_installed
+pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed
 EVAL <- identical(Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN"), "true") && pkgs
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
   collapse = TRUE,
diff --git a/vignettes/web_only/delta-models.Rmd b/vignettes/web_only/delta-models.Rmd
index 89a12ec05..2c6541642 100644
--- a/vignettes/web_only/delta-models.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/web_only/delta-models.Rmd
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ vignette: >
 ```{r setup, include = FALSE, cache=FALSE}
 dplyr_installed <- require("dplyr", quietly = TRUE)
 ggplot_installed <- require("ggplot2", quietly = TRUE)
-inla_installed <- sdmTMB::inla_installed()
-pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed && inla_installed
+pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed
 EVAL <- identical(Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN"), "true") && pkgs
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
   collapse = TRUE,
diff --git a/vignettes/web_only/ggeffects.Rmd b/vignettes/web_only/ggeffects.Rmd
index 6082b7473..72ee35eec 100644
--- a/vignettes/web_only/ggeffects.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/web_only/ggeffects.Rmd
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ dplyr_installed <- require("dplyr", quietly = TRUE)
 ggplot_installed <- require("ggplot2", quietly = TRUE)
 ggeffects_installed <- require("ggeffects", quietly = TRUE)
 effects_installed <- require("effects", quietly = TRUE)
-inla_installed <- sdmTMB::inla_installed()
 pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed &&
-  ggeffects_installed && effects_installed && inla_installed
+  ggeffects_installed && effects_installed
 EVAL <- identical(Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN"), "true") && pkgs
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
   collapse = TRUE,
diff --git a/vignettes/web_only/index-standardization.Rmd b/vignettes/web_only/index-standardization.Rmd
index 785e23a8d..66b69d58a 100644
--- a/vignettes/web_only/index-standardization.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/web_only/index-standardization.Rmd
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ vignette: >
 ```{r setup, include = FALSE, cache=FALSE}
 dplyr_installed <- require("dplyr", quietly = TRUE)
 ggplot_installed <- require("ggplot2", quietly = TRUE)
-inla_installed <- require("INLA", quietly = TRUE)
-pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed && inla_installed
+pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed
 EVAL <- identical(Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN"), "true") && pkgs
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
   collapse = TRUE,
diff --git a/vignettes/web_only/pretty-plots.Rmd b/vignettes/web_only/pretty-plots.Rmd
index bbae18423..eef354bd7 100644
--- a/vignettes/web_only/pretty-plots.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/web_only/pretty-plots.Rmd
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ vignette: >
 ```{r, include = FALSE}
 sf_installed <- require("sf", quietly = TRUE)
 ggplot_installed <- require("ggplot2", quietly = TRUE)
-inla_installed <- sdmTMB::inla_installed()
-pkgs <- sf_installed && ggplot_installed && inla_installed
+pkgs <- sf_installed && ggplot_installed
 EVAL <- identical(Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN"), "true") && pkgs
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
   collapse = TRUE,
diff --git a/vignettes/web_only/residual-checking.Rmd b/vignettes/web_only/residual-checking.Rmd
index cb60157a9..4a150b9f1 100644
--- a/vignettes/web_only/residual-checking.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/web_only/residual-checking.Rmd
@@ -12,12 +12,11 @@ vignette: >
 ```{r setup, include = FALSE, cache=FALSE}
 dplyr_installed <- require("dplyr", quietly = TRUE)
 ggplot_installed <- require("ggplot2", quietly = TRUE)
-inla_installed <- require("INLA", quietly = TRUE)
 glmmTMB_installed <- require("glmmTMB", quietly = TRUE)
 DHARMa_installed <- require("DHARMa", quietly = TRUE)
 tmbstan_installed <- require("tmbstan", quietly = TRUE)
 sdmTMBextra_installed <- require("sdmTMBextra", quietly = TRUE)
-pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed && inla_installed && glmmTMB_installed && DHARMa_installed && sdmTMBextra_installed
+pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed && glmmTMB_installed && DHARMa_installed && sdmTMBextra_installed
   tmbstan_installed
 EVAL <- identical(Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN"), "true") && pkgs
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
diff --git a/vignettes/web_only/spatial-trend-models.Rmd b/vignettes/web_only/spatial-trend-models.Rmd
index d9d90945b..14a96ee6b 100644
--- a/vignettes/web_only/spatial-trend-models.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/web_only/spatial-trend-models.Rmd
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ vignette: >
 ```{r setup, include = FALSE, cache=FALSE}
 dplyr_installed <- require("dplyr", quietly = TRUE)
 ggplot_installed <- require("ggplot2", quietly = TRUE)
-inla_installed <- sdmTMB::inla_installed()
-pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed && inla_installed
+pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed
 EVAL <- identical(Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN"), "true") && pkgs
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
   collapse = TRUE,
diff --git a/vignettes/web_only/threshold-models.Rmd b/vignettes/web_only/threshold-models.Rmd
index 82f897bb6..51298a38f 100644
--- a/vignettes/web_only/threshold-models.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/web_only/threshold-models.Rmd
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ vignette: >
 ```{r setup, include = FALSE, cache=FALSE}
 dplyr_installed <- require("dplyr", quietly = TRUE)
 ggplot_installed <- require("ggplot2", quietly = TRUE)
-inla_installed <- sdmTMB::inla_installed()
-pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed && inla_installed
+pkgs <- dplyr_installed && ggplot_installed
 EVAL <- identical(Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN"), "true") && pkgs
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
   collapse = TRUE,
diff --git a/vignettes/web_only/visreg.Rmd b/vignettes/web_only/visreg.Rmd
index 621e0f280..61c36b1ee 100644
--- a/vignettes/web_only/visreg.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/web_only/visreg.Rmd
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ vignette: >
 ```{r setup, include = FALSE, cache=FALSE}
 ggplot_installed <- require("ggplot2", quietly = TRUE)
 visreg_installed <- require("visreg", quietly = TRUE)
-inla_installed <- sdmTMB::inla_installed()
-pkgs <- ggplot_installed && visreg_installed && inla_installed
+pkgs <- ggplot_installed && visreg_installed
 EVAL <- identical(Sys.getenv("NOT_CRAN"), "true") && pkgs
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
   collapse = TRUE,