diff --git a/install/mealie-install.sh b/install/mealie-install.sh
index 645fe258..3273d434 100644
--- a/install/mealie-install.sh
+++ b/install/mealie-install.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ $STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/python -m ensurepip --upgrade
 $STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/python -m pip install --upgrade pip
 $STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/pip install uv
 cd /opt/mealie
-$STD /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/python -m uv pip install -r requirements.txt
 /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/uv pip install poetry==2.0.1
 /opt/mealie/.venv/bin/poetry self add "poetry-plugin-export>=1.9"
 msg_ok "Prepared Poetry"