diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index f776e52c..1d12237a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ jobs:
         - os: ubuntu-20.04
           python-version: '3.9'
           deps: minimal
-          pip-args: --constraint requirements/min_constraints.txt
       fail-fast: false
 
     concurrency:
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install -r requirements/dev.txt ${{ matrix.pip-args }}
+        python -m pip install -r requirements/dev.txt
 
     - if: matrix.deps == 'minimal'
       run: |
diff --git a/requirements/min_constraints.txt b/requirements/min_constraints.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a24023d2..00000000
--- a/requirements/min_constraints.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-scipy<1.10 # additional constraint on top of viscm, so we don't upgrade numpy