diff --git a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
index c3ca55d56f..5162a4e2ee 100644
--- a/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
+++ b/.semaphore/semaphore.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ global_job_config:
       - export BUILD_NUMBER=$(echo $SEMAPHORE_WORKFLOW_ID | cut -f1 -d"-")
       - export BRANCH_TAG=$(echo $SEMAPHORE_GIT_BRANCH | tr / -)
       # For PR Builds using Packaging
-      - pip install confluent-release-tools
       - if [ $BRANCH_TAG == "master" ]; then export BUILD_KEY=$(pinto get-master-version); else export BUILD_KEY=$BRANCH_TAG; fi
       - export PACKAGING_BUCKET="s3://dev-confluent-packages-654654529379-us-west-2/$BRANCH_TAG/"
       - export LATEST_PACKAGING_BUILD_NUMBER=$(aws s3 ls $PACKAGING_BUCKET --no-paginate | grep 'PRE' | awk '{print $NF}' | awk '{print substr($1, 1, length($1)-1)}' | sort -n | tail -n 1)