diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index 1acdd866..32784f38 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -48,10 +48,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
 
-      - name: Install Python Pipenv
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install pipenv
 
       - name: Put MSYS2_MinGW64 on PATH for windows
         if: ${{matrix.os == env.WINDOWS_VERSION }}
@@ -105,25 +101,28 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python Dependencies
         run: |
           cd external_tester
-          pipenv install
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+         
+          if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+        
 
       - name: CLI Test
         timeout-minutes: 5
         run: |
           cd external_tester
-          pipenv run python maestro_cli_test.py --includeSlowTests
+          python maestro_cli_test.py --includeSlowTests
 
       - name: Web API Test
         timeout-minutes: 2
         run: |
           cd external_tester
-          pipenv run python webapi_test.py
+          python webapi_test.py
 
       - name: Legacy CLI Test
         timeout-minutes: 2
         run: |
           cd external_tester
-          pipenv run python cli_legacy_test.py
+          python cli_legacy_test.py
 
       #- name: Threaded Web API test
       #  timeout-minutes: 5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f114598a..f84e7841 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -130,11 +130,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
 
-      - name: Install Python Pipenv
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          python -m pip install pipenv
-
       - name: Put MSYS2_MinGW64 on PATH for windows
         if: ${{matrix.os == env.WINDOWS_VERSION }}
         # there is not yet an environment variable for this path from msys2/setup-msys2
@@ -161,25 +156,27 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python Dependencies
         run: |
           cd external_tester
-          pipenv install
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          
+          if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
 
       - name: CLI Test
         timeout-minutes: 5
         run: |
           cd external_tester
-          pipenv run python maestro_cli_test.py --includeSlowTests
+          python maestro_cli_test.py --includeSlowTests
 
       - name: Web API Test
         timeout-minutes: 2
         run: |
           cd external_tester
-          pipenv run python webapi_test.py
+          python webapi_test.py
 
       - name: Legacy CLI Test
         timeout-minutes: 2
         run: |
           cd external_tester
-          pipenv run python cli_legacy_test.py
+          python cli_legacy_test.py
 
 
   final:
diff --git a/external_tester/Pipfile b/external_tester/Pipfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cdb038b..00000000
--- a/external_tester/Pipfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-[[source]]
-url = "https://pypi.python.org/simple"
-verify_ssl = true
-name = "pypi"
-
-[packages]
-requests = "*"
-websocket-client = "*"
-
-[dev-packages]
-
-[requires]
-python_version = "3.9"
diff --git a/external_tester/Pipfile.lock b/external_tester/Pipfile.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 4564385c..00000000
--- a/external_tester/Pipfile.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "_meta": {
-        "hash": {
-            "sha256": "a932d33a44a4bd1a6c3a7a8d8dcb1a421a8a3f38a8be68eab4ee9bc9c89a5adb"
-        },
-        "pipfile-spec": 6,
-        "requires": {
-            "python_version": "3.9"
-        },
-        "sources": [
-            {
-                "name": "pypi",
-                "url": "https://pypi.python.org/simple",
-                "verify_ssl": true
-            }
-        ]
-    },
-    "default": {
-        "certifi": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:2bbf76fd432960138b3ef6dda3dde0544f27cbf8546c458e60baf371917ba9ee",
-                "sha256:50b1e4f8446b06f41be7dd6338db18e0990601dce795c2b1686458aa7e8fa7d8"
-            ],
-            "version": "==2021.5.30"
-        },
-        "chardet": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:0d6f53a15db4120f2b08c94f11e7d93d2c911ee118b6b30a04ec3ee8310179fa",
-                "sha256:f864054d66fd9118f2e67044ac8981a54775ec5b67aed0441892edb553d21da5"
-            ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4'",
-            "version": "==4.0.0"
-        },
-        "idna": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:b307872f855b18632ce0c21c5e45be78c0ea7ae4c15c828c20788b26921eb3f6",
-                "sha256:b97d804b1e9b523befed77c48dacec60e6dcb0b5391d57af6a65a312a90648c0"
-            ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3'",
-            "version": "==2.10"
-        },
-        "requests": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:27973dd4a904a4f13b263a19c866c13b92a39ed1c964655f025f3f8d3d75b804",
-                "sha256:c210084e36a42ae6b9219e00e48287def368a26d03a048ddad7bfee44f75871e"
-            ],
-            "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==2.25.1"
-        },
-        "urllib3": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:34b97092d7e0a3a8cf7cd10e386f401b3737364026c45e622aa02903dffe0f07",
-                "sha256:f8ecc1bba5667413457c529ab955bf8c67b45db799d159066261719e328580a0"
-            ],
-            "index": "pypi",
-            "markers": "python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5'",
-            "version": "==1.26.18"
-        },
-        "websocket-client": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:b68e4959d704768fa20e35c9d508c8dc2bbc041fd8d267c0d7345cffe2824568",
-                "sha256:e5c333bfa9fa739538b652b6f8c8fc2559f1d364243c8a689d7c0e1d41c2e611"
-            ],
-            "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==1.1.0"
-        }
-    },
-    "develop": {}
-}
diff --git a/external_tester/requirements.txt b/external_tester/requirements.txt
index 0fd49de5..cf37c469 100644
--- a/external_tester/requirements.txt
+++ b/external_tester/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--i https://pypi.python.org/simple
+
 certifi==2021.5.30
 chardet==4.0.0; python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4'
 idna==2.10; python_version >= '2.7' and python_version not in '3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3'