diff --git a/eng/pipelines/ci-template.yml b/eng/pipelines/ci-template.yml
index 2b49a88122..22fdb00718 100644
--- a/eng/pipelines/ci-template.yml
+++ b/eng/pipelines/ci-template.yml
@@ -68,18 +68,10 @@ steps:
       displayName: Build project
       workingDirectory: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/autorest.python/
 
-    - script: pip list
-      displayName: List installed packages
-      workingDirectory: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/autorest.python/packages/${{parameters.folderName}}
-
     - script: pip install -r dev_requirements.txt
       displayName: Pip install dev requirements
       workingDirectory: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/autorest.python/packages/${{parameters.folderName}}
 
-    - script: pip list
-      displayName: List installed packages
-      workingDirectory: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/autorest.python/packages/${{parameters.folderName}}
-
     - script: pylint ${{parameters.pythonFolderName}}
       displayName: Pylint
       workingDirectory: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/autorest.python/packages/${{parameters.folderName}}
@@ -106,8 +98,8 @@ steps:
       condition: and(succeeded(), ${{ parameters.pythonCodeChecks }})
 
     - script: |
-            cd test/unittests
-            tox run -e ci
+        cd test/unittests
+        tox run -e ci
       displayName: Unit tests
       workingDirectory: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)/autorest.python/packages/${{parameters.folderName}}/
       condition: and(succeeded(), ${{ parameters.pythonCodeChecks }})
diff --git a/eng/requirements.txt b/eng/requirements.txt
index 01a0dd95c0..ec4654ea52 100644
--- a/eng/requirements.txt
+++ b/eng/requirements.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@ pyright==1.1.362
 pylint==3.1.0
 tox==4.15.0
 mypy==1.10.0
--e ../pygen
diff --git a/packages/autorest.python/requirements.txt b/packages/autorest.python/requirements.txt
index d7e9676327..17ae43bada 100644
--- a/packages/autorest.python/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/autorest.python/requirements.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,3 @@ platformdirs==3.2.0
 PyYAML==6.0.1
 tomli==2.0.1
 setuptools==69.2.0
--e ../pygen
diff --git a/packages/autorest.python/setup.py b/packages/autorest.python/setup.py
index b22fa2172c..b648365e46 100644
--- a/packages/autorest.python/setup.py
+++ b/packages/autorest.python/setup.py
@@ -53,4 +53,7 @@
         "m2r2",
         "black",
     ],
+    dependency_links=[
+        'file:../pygen#egg=pygen',
+    ]
 )