diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f23092eb..3305f65e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
       if: matrix.os == 'macos-12'
       run: |
         brew install gcc@12 llvm boost fftw hdf5 open-mpi openblas
-        pip3 install mako numpy scipy mpi4py ninja
+        pip3 install mako numpy scipy mpi4py
         pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 
     - name: add clang cxxflags
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Print logs
       if: ${{ failure() }}
       run: |
-        echo $(pwd)
         cat $(find . -name meson-log.txt)
 
     - name: Test app4triqs
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0f53f02b..665a1de0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ numpy
 scipy
 meson
 setuptools
+ninja
\ No newline at end of file