diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
index c98a4cf3..9e241883 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install -r requirements.txt
         pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
 
     - name: Build and deploy
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 34ba4b7b..6c98158d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,3 @@ h5io
 mne-qt-browser
 pyqt5
 appdirs
-joblib