diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index b37071bd2..2542c5a8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: prepare pip cache
       id: prepare-cache-pip
       uses: ./.github/actions/prepare-cache-pip
-    - name: download requirements
-      run: |
-        curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/QCoDeS/Qcodes/master/requirements.txt > requirements.txt
     - name: pip cache
       uses: actions/cache@v2.1.6
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml
index 148457726..3c93233ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v2.2.2
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-
-    - name: download requirements
-      run: |
-        curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/QCoDeS/Qcodes/master/requirements.txt > requirements.txt
-
     - name: prepare pip cache
       id: prepare-cache-pip
       uses: ./.github/actions/prepare-cache-pip
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e62f6623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mypy==0.971