diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index edc212e6c..e3b249f3c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ Depends:
  python3-gi,
  python3-paramiko,
  python3-psutil,
- python3-requests,
  python3-ruamel.yaml,
  python3-yaml,
  sudo,
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 01ce6e397..a4917147a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
         'pytest-cov',
         'pytest-django',
         'flake8',
+        'requests',
     ],
     package_data={
         '': ['templates/*', 'static/*', 'locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*.[pm]o']