diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/api-pull-request.yml
index c66e242fa2..73ddab93d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api-pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-pull-request.yml
@@ -132,12 +132,6 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           cache: "poetry"
 
-      - name: Install system dependencies for xmlsec
-        if: steps.are-non-ignored-files-changed.outputs.any_changed == 'true'
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libxmlsec1-openssl pkg-config
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         working-directory: ./api
         if: steps.are-non-ignored-files-changed.outputs.any_changed == 'true'