diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a47daa59b..b0505b7f5 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ Build-Depends:
  python3-setuptools,
  python3-setuptools-git,
  python3-systemd,
-# python3-tomli is needed by python3-coverage when pyproject.toml is used
- python3-tomli,
  python3-typeshed,
  python3-yaml,
  sshpass,
diff --git a/debian/tests/control b/debian/tests/control
index 631741fbe..87e9e7256 100644
--- a/debian/tests/control
+++ b/debian/tests/control
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ Restrictions: needs-root, breaks-testbed
 # Run unit and integration tests on installed files.
 #
 Test-Command: PYTHONPATH='/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/' py.test-3 -p no:cacheprovider --cov=plinth --cov-report=html:debci/htmlcov --cov-report=term
-Depends: e2fsprogs, git, python3-pytest, python3-pytest-cov, python3-pytest-django, python3-tomli, @
+Depends: e2fsprogs, git, python3-pytest, python3-pytest-cov, python3-pytest-django, @
 Restrictions: breaks-testbed
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9c3799743..3d17510d7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ test = [
     "pytest-django",
     "flake8",
     "requests",
-    "tomli",
 ]
 
 [project.urls]