diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 970fdebee..0c2cb684c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get --yes --no-install-recommends install ${{ env.WEECHAT_DEPS_UBUNTU }}
         # uninstall php imagick as is causes a crash when loading php plugin (see #2009)
         sudo apt-get --yes purge php8.3-imagick
-        pipx install msgcheck
 
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
       uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3