diff --git a/.github/actions/set-up/action.yaml b/.github/actions/set-up/action.yaml
index 14448d55d..bdc3216b9 100644
--- a/.github/actions/set-up/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/set-up/action.yaml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ runs:
           firefox google-chrome-stable microsoft-edge-stable \
           azure-cli google-cloud-cli \
           llvm-{16..18}-dev
-        sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils libncurses-dev
+        sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils
         sudo apt-get autoremove
         sudo apt-get clean
         rm -r -f /usr/share/dotnet /usr/share/swift /usr/local/graalvm
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 8b4bd18ec..546899fd4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       release_files: rules_elisp-*.tar.gz
       bazel_test_command: |-
-        sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils libncurses-dev && bazel test //...
+        sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils && bazel test //...
       prerelease: false
       draft: true
   publish: