diff --git a/.github/actions/smoke-tests/action.yml b/.github/actions/smoke-tests/action.yml
index 9ad6e87cdd26..b2d002050433 100644
--- a/.github/actions/smoke-tests/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/smoke-tests/action.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ runs:
         cache-dependency-path: |
           build/test-requirements.txt
           requirements.txt
-          build/smoke-test-requirements.txt
 
     - name: Install dependencies (npm ci)
       run: npm ci --prefer-offline
@@ -43,11 +42,6 @@ runs:
         python -m pip --disable-pip-version-check install -t ./pythonFiles/lib/python --implementation py --no-deps --upgrade --pre debugpy
       shell: bash
 
-    - name: pip install smoke test requirements
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade -r build/smoke-test-requirements.txt
-      shell: bash
-
     # Bits from the VSIX are reused by smokeTest.ts to speed things up.
     - name: Download VSIX
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
diff --git a/build/smoke-test-requirements.txt b/build/smoke-test-requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d5ac3da00d9..000000000000
--- a/build/smoke-test-requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# List of requirements for smoke tests (they will attempt to run a kernel)
-jupyter
-numpy
-matplotlib
-pandas
-livelossplot
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/onCreateCommand.sh b/scripts/onCreateCommand.sh
index e93c74f610b9..a90a5366417d 100644
--- a/scripts/onCreateCommand.sh
+++ b/scripts/onCreateCommand.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ source /workspaces/vscode-python/.venv/bin/activate
 npx gulp installPythonLibs
 
 /workspaces/vscode-python/.venv/bin/python -m pip install -r build/test-requirements.txt
-/workspaces/vscode-python/.venv/bin/python -m pip install -r build/smoke-test-requirements.txt
 /workspaces/vscode-python/.venv/bin/python -m pip install -r build/functional-test-requirements.txt
 
 # Below will crash codespace