diff --git a/scripts/ci-conformance.sh b/scripts/ci-conformance.sh
index 61403ebd1a..ded0badcc2 100755
--- a/scripts/ci-conformance.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci-conformance.sh
@@ -45,13 +45,11 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
-# Ensure that python3-pip is installed.
 apt-get update -y
-apt-get install -y python3-pip
 rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# Install/upgrade pip and requests module explicitly for HTTP calls.
-python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip requests
+# Install requests module explicitly for HTTP calls.
+apt-get install -y python3-requests
 
 # If BOSKOS_HOST is set then acquire a resource of type ${RESOURCE_TYPE} from Boskos.
 if [ -n "${BOSKOS_HOST:-}" ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/ci-e2e.sh b/scripts/ci-e2e.sh
index 2d01707dc7..b155036c51 100755
--- a/scripts/ci-e2e.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci-e2e.sh
@@ -46,13 +46,11 @@ cleanup() {
 }
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
-# Ensure that python3-pip is installed.
 apt-get update -y
-apt-get install -y python3-pip
 rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-# Install/upgrade pip and requests module explicitly for HTTP calls.
-python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip requests
+# Install requests module explicitly for HTTP calls.
+apt-get install -y python3-requests
 
 # If BOSKOS_HOST is set then acquire a resource of type ${RESOURCE_TYPE} from Boskos.
 if [ -n "${BOSKOS_HOST:-}" ]; then