diff --git a/ci/requirements_dev.txt b/ci/requirements_dev.txt
index b0a8adc8df5cb..1e051802ec9f8 100644
--- a/ci/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/ci/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ numpy
 cython
 pytest
 pytest-cov
-pytest-xdist
 flake8